Defendant Ripped Off Quincy Police Department for $8,000

Former Lieutenant Thomas Corliss, 52, of Quincy, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for collecting double pay from the Quincy Police Department in 2015.

According to an internal investigation by the QPD, Corliss ‘double dipped’ by collecting double pay for working multiple details and/or police shifts that overlapped on multiple occasions in 2015.

While on vacation in the Bahamas and on Martha’s Vineyard in 2015, Corliss left himself on the daily roster rather than using vacation time.

Corliss defrauded the QPD of more than $8,000, a staggering amount that could have been used to fund important community programs or improve police services.

Corliss’s sentencing comes after an eight-day jury trial in June 2017, during which he was found guilty of 10 counts of mail fraud and one count of fraud involving federal funds.

Corliss was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to one year and one day in prison and one year of supervised release.

Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb, Ronald G. Gardella, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of the Inspector General, New York Field Office, and Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI, Boston Field Division, announced Corliss’s sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dustin Chao and Ryan M. DiSantis of Weinreb’s Public Corruption Unit prosecuted the case.

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