Career
He resigned six months into his second term due to a conflict of interest issue. He was found guilty in April, 2015, of embezzling federal funds from Union Street Business Company, a firm that he owned, and using that money to benefit his personal farm in Dartmouth., and he was sentenced to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $688,772 in restitution to SRTA, which his company was contracted to He is being held at the Federal Medical Center, Devens, and his inmate number is 96292-038.
The money, located in safe deposit boxes at various locations, was found during raids in New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts.