USA v. Dimassa
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3:22-cr-00033
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July 21, 2025
COVID-19 Fraudster Can Keep His Pension, Conn. Judge Says
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
COVID Fraudster Says State Can't Rescind Firefighter Pension
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
Insurer To Pay Conn. City $1M For Stolen COVID Funds
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
Split 2nd Circ. Backs 8 Years For Conn. COVID Money Scam
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
Sentence For Pandemic Funds Theft Seems To Split 2nd Circ.
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
Ex-Conn. Lawmaker Gets 27 Months For $1.2M COVID Fraud
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
Ex-Conn. State Rep. Asks To Escort Wife To Texas Prison
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
Ex-Rep. Seeks Lenient Sentence For COVID Relief Schemes
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
COVID Fund Scammer To Appeal 8-Year Sentence
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.
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April 03, 2023
Sentence For Conn. COVID Fraud Soars Above Guidelines
The main beneficiary of a fraud that ripped off more than $400,000 in COVID-19 relief funds from the city of West Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced Monday to 8 years in federal prison, significantly longer than the U.S. Sentencing Commission's guidelines would recommend for his convictions on substantive wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy charges.