Massachusetts lawmaker arrested for corruption – By Darryl Coote (UPI) / Feb 19 2020
Feb. 19 (UPI) — Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service have arrested a Massachusetts state lawmaker on more than two dozen corruption charges for embezzling campaign funds and bank and tax fraud, authorities said.
Massachusetts Rep. David Nangle was arrested at his home in Lowell early Tuesday, the FBI announced via Twitter.
According to the unsealed 28-count indictment, the Democratic politician, who has served the 17th Middlesex District since 1999, is accused of conducting a scheme that began in 2014 that allowed him to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from his campaign, a bank and the IRS to make personal purchases and to cover his gambling habit.
“As alleged, Rep. Nangle used the power of his position on Beacon Hill to fund a lifestyle out of his reach, unwittingly financed by those who put him there, while also cheating you, the taxpayers,” Special Agent in Charge Joseph R. Bonavolonta of the FBI Boston Division said in a statement. “Today’s arrest should be a warning to others that corruption in any form, at any level of government, will not be tolerated.”
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