Invoice links Southington business owner to former lawmaker facing charges- SOUTHINGTON A former state representative and West Haven municipal employee charged with wire fraud stole federal pandemic relief funds, according to the FBI.Some of those funds were paid to a Southington business owner and Water Department board.
The city of West Haven paid more than $182,000 over the past two years to two women who are linked to Michael DiMassa, the former state Democratic lawmaker and municipal employee who was accused last fall of stealing federal COVID-19 relief funds.
The documents show that more than $147,000 in taxpayer money went to Lauren Knox, who wed DiMassa in October 2021, just before he was arrested by the FBI and charged with federal wire fraud.