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State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division Alleges Auburn Water District Employee Scott Callahan Violated Conflict of Interest Law
The Enforcement Division of the State Ethics Commission has filed an Order to Show Cause today alleging that Auburn Water District Operations Manager Scott Callahan violated the conflict of interest law by accepting two free ski trips from a water meter manufacturer and its distributor. The Order initiates adjudicatory proceedings against Callahan. -
Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois II Pays $5,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois II has paid a $5,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law by using public resources to attempt to cast himself in a favorable public light after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident and to promote a campaign donor’s rental apartments to office staff. Galibois signed a Disposition Agreement in which he admitted the violations and waived his right to a hearing. -
Four Municipal Water Services Employees Pay Civil Penalties for Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Sudbury Water District Executive Director Vincent Roy, former Salem Department of Public Services Director David Knowlton, former Danvers Department of Public Works Water and Sewer Supervisor Aaron Cilluffo, and former Southampton Water Department Superintendent Thomas Gaughan have admitted to violating the conflict of interest law multiple times by accepting valuable gifts, including free ski trips, from a water meter manufacturer and its distributor. They each waived their rights to adjudicatory hearings and paid civil penalties ranging from $6,000 to $18,000. -
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden Pays $5,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden has paid a $5,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law by failing to stop his staff from issuing and by failing to withdraw a DA’s Office press statement aimed at discrediting his opponent in the 2022 Democratic primary election. Hayden signed a Disposition Agreement in which he admitted the violation and waived his right to a hearing. -
State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division Alleges Former Leyden Police Chief Daniel Galvis and Captain Gilda Galvis Violated Conflict of Interest Law
The Enforcement Division of the State Ethics Commission has filed Orders to Show Cause today alleging that former Leyden Police Chief Daniel Galvis and former Leyden Police Captain Gilda Galvis violated the conflict of interest law by selling Town equipment for their private gain, contracting to repair Town vehicles for profit through their co-owned auto shop, and other actions implicating self-dealing and misuse of their official positions. The two Orders separately initiate adjudicatory proceedings against Daniel Galvis and Gilda Galvis, who are a married couple. -
Natick Water and Sewer Employee Richard Ames Pays $9,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Richard Ames, a Natick Water and Sewer Department GIS Coordinator and Information Management employee, has paid a $9,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law by accepting free ski trips and meals from a water meter manufacturer and its distributor. Ames signed a Disposition Agreement in which he admitted the violations and waived his right to a hearing. -
Franklin DPW Director Robert Cantoreggi Pays $15,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Franklin Department of Public Works Director Robert “Brutus” Cantoreggi has paid a $15,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law by accepting free ski trips from a water meter manufacturer and its distributor. Cantoreggi signed a Disposition Agreement in which he admitted the violations and waived his right to a hearing. -
Superior Court Ruling Affirms State Ethics Commission Decision that Aquinnah Select Board Member Gary Haley Violated Conflict of Interest Law
A recently issued decision in the Suffolk Superior Court has affirmed the State Ethics Commission’s 2022 decision that Aquinnah Select Board member Gary Haley violated the conflict of interest law by selecting himself to install underground conduits for telecommunications wires for the town and by approving the town’s payment of his $17,445 invoice for the work. The Superior Court’s decision upholds the Commission’s order that Haley pay a $10,000 civil penalty for the violations. -
Former Lawrence Fire Prevention Inspector David Blanchette to Pay $65,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Former Lawrence Fire Department Fire Prevention Inspector David Blanchette will pay a $65,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law multiple times by using his official position to secure business for his private smoke and carbon monoxide detector maintenance and installation company, conducting inspections on behalf of the Fire Department on properties where his private business had done pre-inspection work, and through other actions. Blanchette signed a Disposition Agreement in which he admitted the violations and waived his right to a hearing. -
Blackstone Town Clerk Tara Sullivan Pays $5,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Blackstone Town Clerk Tara Sullivan has paid a $5,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law by hiring her mother and sister as town election workers. Sullivan signed a Disposition Agreement in which she admitted the violations and waived her right to a hearing.
2024 State Ethics Commission Press Releases