FBI agents armed with a bullhorn and battering ram descended on the home of a Massachusetts mayor accused of turning $1.5 million in COVID relief money into a personal piggy bank, according to authorities and reports.
Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña, 61, was busted on Aug.14 on federal wire fraud and money laundering charges in the dramatic FBI operation, according to WCVB5 in Boston.
“The FBI arrested Mayor Brian DePeña for allegedly cashing in on a public health crisis and blatantly defrauding a government program meant to keep businesses afloat during the pandemic,” FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Ted E. Docks said in a press release.
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