Tag: Boston
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…
Adonis Graham, Cocaine Trafficking, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Boston man’s luxury apartment in Dorchester was searched in December 2025, uncovering over a kilogram of cocaine, two loaded guns, and $2,000 cash. Adonis Graham, 34, was arrested along with his co-defendant, Giovany Fouyolle, as part of a series of arrests targeting gangs in the Brockton and Randolph areas. The…
Mariano Andujar Perez, Aggravated Identity Theft, Passport Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Mariano Andujar Perez, a 43-year-old Dominican national, was sentenced to 2 years and 1 day in prison for aggravated identity theft, passport fraud, and other crimes in Boston, MA. Perez, who was unlawfully residing in Hyde Park, MA, pleaded guilty in March 2026 to misusing a Social Security number, making false…
Jacob Tyler Henriques, Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Cyberstalking, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jacob Tyler Henriques, the former Assistant Admissions Director at Emmanuel College in Boston, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for soliciting underage college applicants for commercial sex and cyberstalking. The 27-year-old was arrested in May 2025 and pleaded guilty in November 2025 to one count of attempted sex trafficking of…
Dominique Carpenter-Grady, Conspiracy to Smuggle PCP and Synthetic Cannabinoids, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 3 min read Dominique Carpenter-Grady, a 36-year-old member of the violent Boston-based H-Block gang, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle PCP and synthetic cannabinoids into a Massachusetts prison. The sentencing took place on June 15, 2026, in federal court in Boston, and…
Christopher D. Leon, Social Security Disability Benefits Theft, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Christopher D. Leon, a 56-year-old former Haverhill man, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to receiving approximately $87,817 in stolen Social Security disability benefits over a period of more than five years. The scam began in November 2019 and continued until August 2025. Leon lived with the applicant for Social…
Khalea Turner, Mail Hoarding, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Khalea Turner, a 29-year-old former United States Post Office employee, pleaded guilty to failing to deliver approximately 14,700 pieces of mail to customers in Brighton, Dorchester, and Mattapan, Boston. Between November 2022 and January 2026, Turner worked as a full-time letter carrier, covering routes in these neighborhoods, as well as the…
