Democrat Massachusetts lawmaker arrested for fraud, used stolen funds to purchase ‘psychic services’: feds
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ADemocraticlawmakerinMassachusettswasarrestedandchargedafterheallegedlystoletensofthousandsofdollarsfromalocaltradeassociationtofundbothpersonalandpoliticalexpenses.
MassachusettsstateRep.ChristopherFlanagan,37,wasindictedonfivecountsofwirefraudandonecountoffalsificationofrecordsonFriday,accordingtotheDepartmentofJustice(DOJ).
FlanaganservedastheexecutiveofficeroftheHomeBuildersAssociationinCapeCodandreceivedasalaryandbenefitsrangingfrom$65,800to$81,600from2019to2024,whenhewasworkingthere.Flanaganalsoreceived$97,546and$100,945in2023and2024,fromhispositionasalegislator.
BeginningaroundOctober2021,Flanaganwasfacingfinancialtroubleandstole$36,000inHomeBuildersAssociationfundsthroughbankwiretransfers,accordingtotheDOJ.
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