U.S. Attorney Massachusetts

“We will not apologize for doing our job.” 🇺🇸 U.S. Attorney Leah Foley responds to recent statements made by @MayorWu about @ICEgov operations in Massachusetts.

#BREAKING 🚨 Former science teacher at Josiah Quincy Upper School in Boston, who was previously arrested on state charges, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for child exploitation. 🚨 READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/for…

Idaho man arrested for allegedly cyberstalking a Massachusetts professor for five months after taking one of her online classes. Allegedly sent over 80 harassing communications, repeatedly mentioning the victim’s child by name. READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/ida…

Former leader, or “Primera,” of the Lynn Chapter of the Trinitarios gang sentenced to 14 years in prison for RICO conspiracy, including the attempted murder of rival gang members that left two victims with life-threatening injuries. READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/tri…

🚨 Lynn man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for role in North Shore-based drug trafficking organization that produced and distributed millions of pills laced with fentanyl and meth. READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/mem…

Saugus man charged in 8-count indictment for allegedly conspiring to distribute thousands of pills containing meth and fentanyl. Allegedly possessed over 5,000 meth pills inside shoebox. READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/sau…

🚨 Two MS-13 members, one of whom is currently serving a 212-month federal prison sentence for RICO conspiracy, were sentenced today to 25 years and 16 years in prison for their roles in a previously-unsolved murder of a young man in Chelsea. 🚨 READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/two…

#BREAKING 🚨 Woman from Dracut, Mass. charged with allegedly disclosing information presented to a federal grand jury to unauthorized individuals. 🚨 READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/mas…

#ICYMI A Vietnamese man unlawfully living in Braintree was sentenced to prison for using the stolen identity of a deceased child for six years. Defendant used the victim’s identity to obtain certifications to work as a paramedic and firefighter. 🚨 READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/vie…

🚨 Influential leader of large-scale international gang based in Ariz., who is already serving four concurrent life sentences, sentenced to 15+ years in prison for attempting to facilitate drug trafficking via inmate phone calls while incarcerated. READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/lea…

🚨Vietnamese man living in Braintree sentenced for stealing identity of a deceased child, using it to work as a paramedic and firefighter. Illegally remained in U.S. for over 30 years after being ordered deported in the 1990s. READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/vie…

#BREAKING 🚨 Seven charged in connection w/ multi-million-dollar conspiracy to cultivate and distribute marijuana across Northeast via grow houses hidden in single-family properties. Chinese nationals allegedly smuggled into U.S. to work in grow houses. 🔗justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/sev…

#ICYMI An indictment was unsealed today charging eight overseas actors and one man from New Jersey in connection with a scheme to generate revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) weapons of mass destruction programs. Read more here: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/nin…

🚨 Canton man charged w/ scheme to defraud Medicare of over $4 million. Allegedly submitted claims for durable medical equipment that was medically unnecessary, not wanted by the beneficiaries, and tainted by kickbacks. Read more here: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/can…

#BREAKING Nine charged in connection w/ alleged scheme to generate revenue for North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction programs. Thousands of overseas actors used stolen identities to pose as domestic workers and obtain remote jobs w/ U.S. companies. 🔗justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/nin…

🚨 Federal judge in Boston orders $1,510,300 in restitution to be paid to seven women who were victimized by violent sex trafficker Jermall Anderson over the span of four years. Read more here: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/cou…

Nigerian national pleads guilty to his involvement in the theft of more than $2.5 million from six romance scam victims by transferring their money to cryptocurrency accounts that he controlled. READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/nig…

#BREAKING 🚨 Russian national who allegedly lied to law enforcement about her attempt to smuggle clawed frog embryos and embryonic samples into the United States has been indicted by a federal grand jury. READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/rus…

🚨 Serial bank robber from Quincy arrested for allegedly robbing Weymouth bank at gunpoint in December 2024. Defendant previously convicted of robbing five banks across four separate cities and towns. @FBIBoston READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/ser…

🚨 Former Mayor of Les Irois, Haiti sentenced to 9 years in prison for illegally obtaining a Green Card by concealing the fact that he ordered and carried out extrajudicial and political killings, and other acts of violence, against the Haitian people. 🔗: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/for…

🚨 Dominican national unlawfully residing in Dorchester sentenced to 27 months in prison for using stolen identity of U.S. citizen for nearly a decade. Defendant used the identity to obtain a MA driver’s license and to apply for a U.S. passport. READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/dom…