Illegal immigrants among 15 charged in $1.4 million Massachusetts benefits fraud crackdown

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts announced the arrests of 15 people, including 11 suspected illegal immigrants, accused of collectively stealing more than $1.4 million from taxpayer-funded benefit programs in what officials described as the opening phase of a broader fraud enforcement campaign. The charges, unveiled Thursday by U.S. Attorney Leah Foley’s office in Boston, span a […]