Jason Pecoy, Defrauding the United States, Massachusetts 2024

Jason Pecoy, a 44-year-old former project manager of a now-defunct luxury home building business in West Springfield, Massachusetts, has been sentenced for conspiring to defraud the United States.

Pecoy was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to two years of probation and a fine of $7,500. The government had recommended a sentence of 21 to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered mandatory restitution in the amount of $35,982.

Pecoy was convicted by a federal jury in June 2024 of two counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

According to the government, Pecoy was previously indicted in December 2019 along with his father, Kent Pecoy, and Kevin M. Kennedy, the former owner of a golf management company, for conspiring to defraud the United States by concealing cash payments for the construction of Kennedy’s two homes in East Longmeadow and West Dennis.

The defendants were later charged in a superseding indictment in January 2020. On December 11, 2023, Kennedy was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to defraud the United States and making a false statement to a federally insured financial institution. He was sentenced to 13 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release on April 24, 2024.

In a separate case, Kent Pecoy pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of making a false statement to a federally insured financial institution on May 16, 2024. He was sentenced in August 2024 to time served (one day) and two years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $24,000 fine and $35,982 in restitution.

The evidence presented in court showed that from 2009 through 2016, Kennedy conspired with Kent Pecoy, the owner of Kent Pecoy and Sons Construction Inc. (KPSC), and his son, Jason Pecoy, a KPSC project manager, to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Service and the collection of taxes by concealing Kennedy’s cash payments for the construction of the East Longmeadow and West Dennis homes.

Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Special Agent in Charge, Harry T. Chavis Jr., Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Boston Field Office made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Steven H. Breslow and Neil L. Desroches of the Springfield Branch Office prosecuted the case along with Trial Attorney Eric B. Powers of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

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