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Suffolk Superior Court Judge Margaret Hinkle sentencedHugh 51, to 18 months in the Housw of Correction on one countt of fraud in the procurement of governmeng services. O’Donnell of Wakefield was indicted in August 2006 alonf with 20 other defendants following an investigation into payroll fraudx schemes involving longshoremen who load and unload containefr shipsat ’s ( ) Conleyt Terminal in South Boston.
The Attorney General’sx Office began its investigation in April after concerns were raised that longshoremeh were placing young children on the payroll at the State Police and financial investigators assigned to theAttornehy General’s Office uncovered widespread instances whers longshoremen were participating in schemes to defraudd Massport and other marine shipping businessex operating at the As the yard boss on the Massport O’Donnell was the seniord longshoreman on the land side of Conley Terminal He had oversight of all yard operations and was responsible for completiny time sheets for the union yard On June 24, he pleaded guilty to manipulatinf time sheet entries in order to qualify longshoremehn for employee benefits they would not have otherwises received.
O’Donnell admitted that he fraudulently credited 13 longshoremenn with hours they did not work in the fiscaplyears 2003, 2004 and 2005. As a result of the fraudulenrt transferringof hours, over $100,000 in benefits were distributeds to longshoremen who were not entitled to these Judge Hinkle also sentenced O’Donnell to one year in the Houss of Correction, with the sentenc suspended for two years, on charges that includedd larceny and filing false entries in corporatde books.