OIG Report: Public Defense System is Broken, Expensive, and Resistant to Oversight
Fiscal Accountability and Oversight Not Inconsistent with Right to Counsel
Read the Press ReleaseOIG Issues Final Report on Sheriffs’ Budgets
IG Concerned about Civil Process and Outside Bank Accounts
Read the Press ReleaseSouth Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to $1.2 Million COVID Relief Fraud
David Breen pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property, for misappropriating COVID-19 funds for personal use.
Read the Press ReleaseOIG Finds Former Retirement Board CEO Abused Public Funds
The OIG found that a former CEO of the Worcester Regional Retirement System (WRRS) expanded his private law practice while being paid to work full-time for the retirement board.
Read the Press ReleaseOIG Issues Preliminary Report On Sheriffs’ Budgets
OIG Finds That Sheriffs Budget Process is Opaque, Chaotic, and Deeply Flawed
Read the Press ReleaseOIG: Service Plazas Procurement “Not a Model”
The OIG found too many flaws in this procurement to say with confidence that the procurement, had it been fully executed, was based on a solid foundation.
Read the Press ReleaseOIG Special Education Transportation Study Complete
Study Points to Funding Model and Previous Recommendations Not Acted Upon
Read the Press ReleaseLowell Non-Profit Director Arraigned For Alleged Large-Scale Rental Assistance Fraud Scheme
Defendant Allegedly Misappropriated Over $280,000 in Rental Funds Earmarked for Families Experiencing Housing Crises
Read the Press ReleaseSouth Carolina Man Charged with $1.2 Million Covid Relief Fraud
A South Carolina businessman has been charged in federal court in Worcester with COVID relief fraud.
Read the Press ReleaseWorcester Man Indicted on Identity Theft and Covid-Relief Fraud
A Dominican national lawfully residing in Worcester has been indicted on five counts of theft of government money and three counts of aggravated identity theft.
Read the Press ReleaseIG Shapiro Calls Steamship Authority’s Website Project A “Cascade of Failures”
OIG Investigation finds that Steamship Authority’s website project was misguided, mismanaged and wasteful.
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