Dana Pullman, former Massachusetts State Police union head, indicted on federal charges of racketeering, fraud
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Pullman, 57 of Worcester, the former President of the State Police Association of Massachusetts, known as SPAM, was indicted along with Anne M. Lynch, 68 of Hull, a former Beacon Hill lobbyist. The two were charged by criminal complaint and arrested on Aug. 22.
Pullman and Lynch will be arraigned in federal court in Boston on a date yet to be determined.
Flowers, caviar and payments toward a $75K Chevy Suburban: What feds say Dana Pullman did with police union funds
Authorities say that Dana Pullman, the former head of the State Police Association of Massachusetts, and lobbyist Anne Lynch stole tens of thousands from troopers.
SPAM consists of more than 1,500 troopers and sergeants from the Massachusetts State Police and is the exclusive bargaining agent between its members and the state.
Pullman was a trooper from 1987 to 2018 and the president of SPAM from 2012 until his resignation on Sept. 28, 2018. Lynch’s lobbying firm represented SPAM during the same time period, in exchange for monthly retainer payments, according to the indictment.
The indictment alleges that from at least 2012 until Pullman’s resignation, Pullman, Lynch and others were involved in a conspiracy to defraud SPAM members and the state.
Federal authorities say the conspiracy included illegal bribes and kickbacks that Pullman allegedly received from Lynch and her firm.
Pullman and Lynch are also charged with trying to obstruct the grand jury’s investigation of the matter by manipulating subpoenaed records, authorities said. Lynch is accused of lying to investigators.
An FBI investigator accuses Pullman of running SPAM like a mob boss, pressuring executive board members to authorize payments they thought were too high and used the SPAM debit card for personal dinners, vacations and flowers without telling board members, according to federal records.
Pullman used the SPAM debit card as his personal ATM, federal investigators said. They estimate he spent about $9,300 on flowers and gift baskets between May 2015 and May 2018. More than $4,400 of those flowers and gifts were for an unnamed woman with whom Pullman, who is married, was having an affair, according to the criminal complaint.
The charges of racketeering conspiracy, racketeering, fraud and fraud conspiracy each provide for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
In a recent motion filed in federal court, Pullman requested permission to keep in touch with two longtime friends, both of whom are current or former members of the union’s executive board.
Pullman receives an annual pension of $62,974, paid in monthly installments of $5,248 after his retirement, according to state records.
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