Retired Boston Police Captain Richard Evans was convicted of orchestrating and participating in a long-running overtime fraud scheme at the Boston Police Department's evidence warehouse. This scheme resulted in fraudulent overtime payments costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. The conviction was reported following a federal jury's decision. In a related case, Boston federal prosecutors recommended nearly 6 years in prison for a former Massachusetts trooper, citing the case as an example of police misconduct.
A federal jury found a retired Boston police captain guilty Friday of orchestrating a years-long overtime fraud scheme at the department’s evidence warehouse that cost taxpayers “hundreds of thousands of dollars,” prosecutors said. https://t.co/Bl4vkJ3NIn
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Boston federal prosecutors have recommended nearly 6 years in prison for a former Massachusetts trooper who they say is the living embodiment of police misconduct. https://t.co/Vk8eCY1kiG
Retired Boston Police Capt. Richard Evans was convicted today of orchestrating & participating in a long-running overtime scheme at Boston Police's evidence warehouse that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent overtime payments. https://t.co/rSjlceIHFD https://t.co/rz5GZAd5s0