November 05, 2025
The former chair of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on Wednesday was sentenced to a 42-month prison term for orchestrating a bribery scheme tied to the tribe's $1 billion casino project, as a Massachusetts federal judge chastised him for characterizing his yearslong conduct as "mistakes."
January 18, 2023
A former Mashpee Wampanoag tribal chairman and an architect hired to manage the construction of its proposed $1 billion casino must reimburse the tribe for nearly $200,000 in legal bills it paid to respond to the government's bribery investigation, a Boston federal judge said Wednesday.
December 22, 2022
Federal prosecutors are asking a Massachusetts judge to grant their late request for restitution to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe following the bribery conviction of its former chairman, despite missing a deadline to seek compensation for legal fees.
December 12, 2022
An architect convicted of bribing a Massachusetts tribal chairman urged a federal judge Monday to deny prosecutors' late request for nearly $240,000 of restitution to cover the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's legal bills.
December 06, 2022
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts is seeking nearly $240,000 in restitution from its former chairman and an architect it hired for a casino development project after the pair were convicted of bribery and extortion.
November 15, 2022
The former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for soliciting bribes from an architect who was hired to manage construction of the tribe's proposed $1 billion resort casino in southeastern Massachusetts.
November 14, 2022
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on Monday asked a Boston federal judge to impose the maximum sentence allowable under the law on its former Chairman Cedric Cromwell, whom a jury convicted in May of extortion and bribery in connection with its $1 billion casino project.
October 28, 2022
A former tribal chairman and an architect convicted on bribery and extortion charges have each asked a Massachusetts federal judge for probation and home confinement if their pending motions for acquittal aren't granted.
September 09, 2022
Post-trial acquittal bids filed by a former tribal chairman and an architect convicted on bribery and extortion charges will boil down to which of two First Circuit cases applies in the case, a Boston federal judge said Friday.
June 24, 2022
An architect convicted of giving bribes to the leader of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has pressed a Massachusetts federal court to overturn his conviction, saying the federal government wants the court to back a jury's guilty verdict "almost solely on the basis of acquitted conduct."