February 27, 2024
A former executive at the Massachusetts cable network that broadcasts Red Sox and Bruins games was sentenced Tuesday to 3½ years in prison for embezzling nearly $600,000 from his employer through an elaborate invoicing scheme, crimes a judge called both "deliberate" and "insidious" and the government called "brazen."
February 23, 2024
A former vice president with the network that broadcasts Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins games argued Thursday that he should spend no more than 18 months in federal prison after a jury convicted him of bilking his former employer through a phony invoice scheme.
February 21, 2024
Federal prosecutors are arguing for a prison sentence of more than five years for a former executive with the network that broadcasts Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins games after he was convicted of stealing more than $575,000 from the company through a sham billing scheme.
November 03, 2023
A former New England Sports Network executive was convicted Friday of embezzling $575,000 from the Red Sox and Bruins broadcaster through a shell company he incorporated to mimic a legitimate vendor of the Boston media company.
November 02, 2023
The CEO of New England Sports Network, the broadcaster of Boston Red Sox and Bruins games, testified to a federal jury Thursday that a former vice president charged with embezzling nearly $600,000 was not due the money as off-the-books compensation.
October 31, 2023
An attorney for a former New England Sports Network executive accused of embezzling nearly $600,000 from the broadcaster of Red Sox and Bruins games through a shell company told jurors on Tuesday that the money was actually compensation to keep the executive from leaving.
August 16, 2023
A Boston federal judge on Wednesday granted a two-week trial delay at the request of counsel for a former Red Sox television network executive amid concerns that the fraud and money laundering case had become sandwiched between his representation of two other defendants in state court murder cases.
February 21, 2023
Federal prosecutors will not be able to keep potential witnesses in a criminal embezzlement case against a former executive with the Boston Red Sox network from being deposed in a civil case brought by the broadcaster, a judge ruled Tuesday.
February 17, 2023
A former executive accused of stealing $575,000 from the network that broadcasts Boston Red Sox and Bruins' games pushed back Thursday against the federal government's attempt to intervene in a related civil suit, arguing that prosecutors want to "control" a case that isn't theirs.
February 07, 2023
Prosecutors on Tuesday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to pause a civil suit between the broadcast network of the Boston Red Sox and a former employee as they pursue criminal charges claiming the onetime executive stole $575,000 from the company.