Tag: Boston
Kyle Svara, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 4 min read Kyle Svara, a 27-year-old Illinois man, was sentenced to 76 months in prison for hacking into the Snapchat accounts of over 750 women, stealing their nude photos, and possessing child sexual abuse material. The crimes took place from May 2020 to February 2021, with Svara using social engineering tactics to collect…
Kerry Charlotin and Shaquylle Burden, Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Kerry Charlotin and Shaquylle Burden, two Massachusetts men, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl in the greater Boston area. The duo was busted after a series of controlled purchases in Brookline and Boston, where they sold fentanyl to undercover law enforcement in October and December 2025. Charlotin, 36, and Burden,…
Tyreek Hall, Escape, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Tyreek Hall, a 23-year-old Boston man, pleaded guilty to escaping from a residential re-entry center in Boston, where he was serving the remainder of his sentence for being a felon in possession of ammunition. The incident occurred on September 7, 2025, after Hall returned to the center from work and tested…
Scott Kelley, Mail Theft, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read A former US Postal Inspector, Scott Kelley, 52, of Pembroke, MA, has agreed to plead guilty to stealing over $330,000 in cash from packages mailed by elderly victims between January 2019 and August 11, 2023. Kelley, who was a Team Leader of the Mail Fraud Unit at the Boston Division headquarters…
Damian Halfkenny, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read A retired Massachusetts State Police Sergeant, Damian Halfkenny, 54, of Boston, was sentenced for scamming a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. In 2021, Halfkenny, who was earning $160,378 per year as a full-time Sergeant, submitted a false PPP loan application for his real estate business, claiming a monthly payroll expense of…
Wilson Radhames Peguero Brea, Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Wilson Radhames Peguero Brea, a 57-year-old Dominican national, has a long history of crime in the United States. He has been convicted of drug trafficking, aggravated identity theft, and wire fraud, and has been deported from the country three times. Despite this, he continued to illegally reenter the US, using numerous…
Schleider Aristhyl, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 2 min read Schleider Aristhyl, a 30-year-old Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee and military veteran from Warwick, R.I., has been charged with wire fraud for allegedly obtaining a $478,000 VA-backed mortgage in Massachusetts with false documents. The incident occurred in October 2024, when Aristhyl submitted two falsified documents to a private lender. The…
Denise Baez, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 51-year-old former Veterans Affairs employee, Denise Baez, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for scamming $41,666 in Covid-19 benefits in Boston. Baez, from Brockton, submitted false applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans, claiming she earned income from a sole proprietorship. She used the money for personal expenses, then submitted loan…
Charles D. Katz, Loan Fraud, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 3 min read Charles D. Katz, a 64-year-old CPA from Sudbury, paid an executive $1.6 million in under-the-table compensation and fringe benefits, while also making a fraudulent application for $179,000 in pandemic relief. This scheme, which took place over several years, allowed Katz to avoid paying taxes and enabled the executive, Stephen Hochberg, to…
Zengzeng Liu, Sex Trafficking, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Chinese national, Zengzeng Liu, also known as ‘Bella’, has been indicted for running a sex trafficking operation in Boston, specifically in the Allston and Brighton areas. Liu, 40, allegedly managed an international sex trafficking operation, recruiting women from Japan, Vietnam, China, and the Philippines to engage in commercial sex acts…
