Fugitive Arrested by the FBI and the USMS
WASHINGTON—Bernard Joseph Tully, a former Massachusetts
state senator, has
pleaded guilty for devising a
scheme to defraud a Boston-area businessman out of
approximately $18,000 by falsely
representing that Tully and his co-conspirator were using the funds to bribe
public officials. Unbeknownst to Tully, the businessman reported Tully’s overtures to the FBI.
The
guilty plea was
announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney ....
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