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Former Boston Police Officer Sentenced for Overtime Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – In a shocking case of corruption within the Boston Police Department, a former officer has been sentenced for an overtime fraud scheme at the evidence warehouse.
Michael Murphy, 64, of Hyde Park, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to two years of supervised release. Murphy was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and $16,014 in restitution. In June 2021, Murphy pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit theft concerning programs receiving federal funds and one count of embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds.
The scheme involved Murphy submitting false and fraudulent overtime slips for overtime hours that he did not work for two shifts at the evidence warehouse. The ‘purge’ overtime was a 4 – 8 p.m. weekday shift intended to dispose of old, unneeded evidence. The ‘kiosk’ overtime involved driving to each police district in Boston one Saturday a month to collect old prescription drugs to be burned.
For the ‘purge’ shift, Murphy claimed to have worked from 4 – 8 p.m., but he routinely left at 6 p.m., or before. For the kiosk shift, Murphy submitted overtime slips claiming to have worked eight-and-one-half hours, but he only worked three-to-four hours of those shifts.
Between September 2016 and February 2019, Murphy personally collected approximately $16,014 for overtime hours he did not work. The Boston Police Department received annual benefits from the U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Justice in excess of $10,000, which were funded pursuant to numerous federal grants.
Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy, Jodi Cohan, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, and Ryan T. Geach, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, New York Field Office, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Grady of the Criminal Division prosecuted the case.
Murphy is the sixth officer to be sentenced in connection with the overtime fraud scheme at the evidence warehouse. To date, over a dozen Boston Police officers have been charged in connection with committing overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s evidence warehouse.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Public Corruption|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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