OIG Annual Report 2020: Reports, Letters and Publications

Former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia’s chief of staff pleaded guilty to charges of extortion, bribery and making false statements. Genoveva Andrade, 49, of Somerset, admitted to conspiring with Correia to extort $150,000 in cash from a marijuana vendor as well as other benefits from a second businessman.

The Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) review of two Methuen Police Department contracts found a failure of leadership at all levels of city government.

On December 22, 2020, Donna Scott, 52, of Vallejo, CA (formerly of Massachusetts), pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to a charge of Larceny over $250 for embezzling more than $45,000 from her former employer.

On December 18, 2020, a state trooper assigned to the Attorney General’s Office took out a complaint in the Boston Municipal Court against Glenn Kendall, 55, of Lowell for two counts of unwarranted privilege (M.G.L. c. 268A, § 26).

he Office of the Inspector General’s Internal Special Audit Unit (“ISAU”) reviewed the town of Eastham’s oversight of a road project that it paid for through the state’s Chapter 90 program.

The Office of the Inspector General found that Sharon Napier, the former executive director of the Hingham Housing Authority, promoted her own interests over HHA’s by hiring a vendor with whom she had a personal and financial relationship.

A former manager of a group home run by the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) has admitted to stealing more than $16,000 in groceries that she purchased with group home funds.

Two New York-based companies and their owners and presidents have paid $850,000 to settle allegations that their high-pressure, misleading telemarketing operation victimized cities and towns across the Commonwealth.

A statewide grand jury indicted the former accountant for three towns for allegedly embezzling more than $729,000.

The Office of the Inspector General wrote to agency heads, chief financial officers and procurement officials with guidance to safeguard public funds during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

The OIG found that a current member of the West Newbury Board of Selectmen had accrued more than $29,000 in debt to the town over a number of years for unpaid health insurance premiums.

The Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) Internal Special Audit Unit (ISAU) continued its efforts to monitor the quality, efficiency and integrity of MassDOT’s and the MBTA’s operating and capital programs.

IG Glenn A. Cunha wrote to the Plymouth County Commissioners Office recommending the Commissioners assign the responsibility for administering CARES Act funds to the Commonwealth.

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) examined the post-retirement earnings of Linda Nathan, a former Boston Public Schools headmaster, and found that she exceeded her post-retirement earnings cap and owes more than $67,000 to the Boston Retirement Board.

In 2019, the Division of State Police Oversight undertook a variety of reviews and investigations to fulfill its statutory mandate to monitor the quality, efficiency and integrity of the operations of the Massachusetts State Police.

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) examined the administration of MassHealth’s Personal Care Attendant Program. The OIG also followed up with MassHealth regarding recommendations from fiscal year 2019 on topics including Adult Day Health, Adult Foster Care, Dental Care and Optometry.

This issue of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Bulletin includes an interview with an instructor from an MCPPO class, recommendations for Massachusetts State Police paid detail administration, information about bond requirements for municipal employees, and FAQs.

This issue of the OIG Bulletin highlights a cost recovery case, provides recommendations for post-retirement earnings oversight, outlines cooperative purchasing best practices and discusses the Internal Special Audit Unit in the OIG.

This issue of the OIG Bulletin includes the OIG’s review of the Massachusetts State Police travel time policy; protecting individuals from fraud, waste and abuse when they receive healthcare from personal attendants; information for public procurement officials about emergency measures during COVID-19 and more.

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announces the publication of its first edition of the OIG Bulletin, February 2020, Vol. 1, #1. The OIG Bulletin is designed to support efforts to protect your communities with information from all of the Office’s divisions and also includes answers to procurement questions.