Dana Lamb, Filing a False Tax Return, Massachusetts 2020

Boston Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge

A Boston Police Officer has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to allegedly failing to report gambling winnings on his tax returns.

Dana Lamb, 57, of Roslindale, was charged with one count of filing a false document with the Internal Revenue Service. A plea hearing has not yet been scheduled.

In May 2020, Lamb sold a winning lottery ticket worth $10,000 to a convenience store owner for cash rather than properly claiming it with the Massachusetts Lottery Commission. As a result, Lamb failed to report his gambling winnings on his U.S. Individual Tax return for that year, resulting in an additional tax due of $1,800.

Lamb’s actions have led to a serious offense, punishable by up to one year in prison, one year of supervised release, and a fine of up to $10,000.

United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins, Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston, and Boston Police Acting Commissioner Gregory Long made the announcement today. The assistance of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission was also valuable in this case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugenia M Carris, Deputy Chief of Rollins’s Public Corruption Unit, is prosecuting the case.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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