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'Cheated': Recovery Centers Across Mass Close, Operators Charged With Millions In Fraud: Feds 'Cheated': Recovery Centers Across Mass Close, Operators Charged With Millions In Fraud: Feds
'Cheated': Recovery Centers Across Mass Close, Operators Charged With Millions In Fraud: Feds Instead of fostering recovery, the operator of a chain of addiction treatment centers used his position to launder money, steal millions of dollars, and write prescriptions under doctors' names without permission, said the US attorney's office.  Michael Brier, of Newton, used his position as operator of Recovery Connections Centers of America to rake in millions of dollars from Medicare, Medicaid, and other such organizations by falsifying healthcare claims, back-dating documents, and writing prescriptions using the names of doctors without their permission, according to Unite…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
Lowell Money Manager Admits To Stealing $3.5M From Clients, Elderly Couple's Life Savings: Feds Lowell Money Manager Admits To Stealing $3.5M From Clients, Elderly Couple's Life Savings: Feds
Lowell Money Manager Admits To Stealing $3.5M From Clients, Elderly Couple's Life Savings: Feds A Lowell money manager who police arrested trying to flee the country pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars of his client's money, including one elderly couple's entire life savings, federal authorities said.  Steven Xigoros, 55, pleaded guilty this week to two counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of filing a false tax return, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Xigoros worked as an accountant, tax preparer, and investment advisor who federal investigators said used that position to misappropriate millions of dollars from his cl…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Quincy Realtor Who Deposited $1.8 Million In Forged Checks Gets 30 Months In Prison Quincy Realtor Who Deposited $1.8 Million In Forged Checks Gets 30 Months In Prison
Quincy Realtor Who Deposited $1.8 Million In Forged Checks Gets 30 Months In Prison A Quincy real estate broker was sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing nearly $1.8 million in deposit checks, mostly for properties that weren't even for sale, authorities said. Michael P. Flavin, age 39, collected checks from potential buyers for numerous properties between 2017 and 2020, the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts reports. Flavin did this without the owners agreeing to sell their properties, the office reports.  He also forged the signatures of the sellers on the agreements to complete the transactions. In all, Flavin cashed more than 60 che…

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by David Cifarelli
News
Massachusetts Woman Sentenced For Embezzling Nearly $800K From Employer Massachusetts Woman Sentenced For Embezzling Nearly $800K From Employer
Massachusetts Woman Sentenced For Embezzling Nearly $800K From Employer A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced for charges connected to her scheme to embezzle more than $796,000 from her employer. Middlesex County resident Kayla Figelski, age 34, of Malden, was sentenced on Friday, June 3, to three years in prison and two years of supervised release, according to Rachael Rollins, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. She pleaded guilty to seven counts of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in May of 2021, Rollins said. According to the announcement, she was also ordered to pay $796,747 in restitution. The US Attorn…

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by Nicole Valinote