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USA v. Dimassa
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June 18, 2026
A man who stole COVID-19 relief money from a Connecticut city asked a federal judge on Thursday to reduce his "unusually lengthy" eight-year prison sentence to time served, noting that he has been behind bars for more than three years while all others involved in the scam, including a former state representative, walk free.
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July 21, 2025
A former Connecticut firefighter who pled guilty in connection with a COVID-19 relief fund scam can keep the pension he earned through 26 years of service, a state trial court judge has ruled, pointing to the employee's otherwise clean record and comparatively lesser role in the scheme.
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July 17, 2025
A former Connecticut firefighter who pled guilty in relation to a West Haven COVID-19 relief fund scam says he should keep the pension he earned through 26 years of service in a neighboring city, arguing his crime bore no connection to his onetime employment and did not breach his union contract.
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November 27, 2024
The insurer for the city of West Haven, Connecticut, will pay more than $1 million to offset losses caused by the theft of federal COVID-19 relief funds by a former state representative and city employee, according to a press release.
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September 26, 2024
In a published opinion Thursday, a split panel of the Second Circuit upheld a Connecticut man's eight-year prison sentence for stealing federal COVID-19 relief funds from the city of West Haven through a conspiracy with a state representative, finding that the punishment was not "substantively unreasonable."
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April 19, 2024
A three-judge panel of Second Circuit jurists seemed split Friday over whether a Connecticut man's eight-year prison sentence for stealing COVID-19 funds from the city of West Haven was too harsh, with one judge expressing skepticism and two hinting it was likely appropriate.
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June 01, 2023
A former Connecticut state representative and city of West Haven employee has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for his role in schemes resulting in over $1.2 million in COVID relief and other funds being stolen from the city.
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May 15, 2023
A former Connecticut state representative who pled guilty to conspiring to siphon pandemic relief funds earmarked for the city of West Haven asked a federal judge to allow him to travel out of state to escort his wife, a co-defendant, to a prison in Texas.
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April 14, 2023
Former Connecticut state Rep. Michael DiMassa, who admitted to stealing COVID relief funds from the city of West Haven with several co-conspirators, cited his gambling addiction, a recent cancer diagnosis and the lingering pandemic in asking a federal judge not to send him to prison.
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April 06, 2023
A Connecticut man convicted of working with two West Haven city employees to steal municipal COVID-19 relief funds will appeal the jury's verdict and his eight-year prison sentence, which was more than twice as long as federal guidelines indicated.