A former police chief in suburban Boston forfeited his pension by pleading guilty to filing false tax returns that failed to report alleged bribes he received in connection with illegal gambling, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts ruled.
The retirement board of Winthrop, Mass., can force ex-police chief Angelo LaMonica to repay nearly $900,000 in pension benefits he received after pleading guilty to six counts of filing false tax returns, the court ruled Wednesday. The conviction was sufficiently related to his conduct as a police officer, because the income he failed to report included 14 years worth of $100-per-week payments aimed ...
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