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Embezzlement: Central Mass Postal Worker Filed More Than $50K In False Expenses, Feds Say
A US Post Office employee from Worcester County faces up to 10 years in prison after federal authorities charged him with embezzling more than $50,000 in government funds, authorities said.
Anthony Fernandes, 37, of Douglas, is charged with one count of theft of government money, the US Attorney General for Massachusetts said.
Fernandes was a supervisor at the USPS in Buzzards Bay and allegedly filed fraudulent reimbursement requests from April through November 2022, the prosecutor said. In total, he was reportedly paid $52,987 for bogus travel receipts.
Along with a decade behind ba…
(Updated) Agents Arrest 2 After Raiding Woburn Restaurants In Human Trafficking Probe: Feds
Homeland Security investigators arrested a father and son and charged them with running a human trafficking ring at two downtown Woburn restaurants.
Jesse Moraes, 64, and Hugo Moraes, 42, who ran the Dog House Bar and Grill and Tudo Na Brazil on Main Street, are accused of bringing people into the country and forcing them to work at their restaurants, the US Attorney General for Massachusetts said. They face several immigration violations.
Investigators said Chelbe Moraes, who lives in Brazil, would smuggle people to the United States for a fee of $18,000 to $22,000 a person. They were s…
