Standard-Times
BOSTON – A married couple, formerly from New Bedford, was arrested Thursday night in Texas on federal fraud charges arising from their claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance funds.
According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney s Office, Tiffany Pacheco, a/k/a Tiffany Tavery, 35, and Arthur Pacheco, 47, who, until recently, resided in New Bedford, were charged by criminal complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Tiffany Pacheco was also charged with one count of wire fraud. The defendants were arrested in San Antonio, Texas on Thursday night.
According to charging documents, Tiffany was hired by the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance in April 2020, shortly after her release from federal prison following a conviction for aggravated identity theft.
BOSTON – Former Massachusetts State Police (MSP) lieutenant Daniel J. Griffin and former MSP sergeant William W. Robertson were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with conspiracy, federal programs embezzlement and wire fraud in connection with an overtime scheme dating back to 2015. Griffin was also charged with filing false tax returns and wire fraud related to his scheme to defraud a private school.
Griffin, of Belmont, was indicted on one count of conspiracy, one count of theft concerning a federal program, eight counts of wire fraud and 11 counts of assisting in filing false tax returns. Griffin was arrested this morning and will appear in federal court in Boston this afternoon.