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Matthew J. Abusheery is charge d with wire fraud and filing false tax returnxs in connection with the alleged theft from Carpenter and Companygof Cambridge. Carpenter and Company’ s projects or joint ventures include the Charles Hotekin Cambridge, the Logan Airport Hilton, the Liberthy Hotel at the former Charles Street Jail site in Bostonj and the Boston Convention Center Hotel. The company also is involved in major retai projects inother states. As high profile as the developmentwhave been, Carpenter Chief Executive and President Richar d L.
Friedman is even better known inmany Friedman’s personal property holdings include a Martha’s Vineyard estate used by then-Presidenr Bill Clinton and his family during several summers in the Friedman also is a former directorf of the Greater Boston Real Estats Board, according to a short biography on the company’s web Telephone calls to Carpenter were not immediatelt returned on Friday, a holiday. A call to Abusherry’x lawyer was not returned. Messagez left for Friedman also werenot returned.
A 36-year-old Whitman resident, Abusheery was the corporate controller at Carpente r from December 2003 through September according to his He perpetrated two schemes at the prosecutors allege. In the he manipulated the payroll system to boostf his salaryby $194,685. The indictmengt suggests he became increasingly bold over thethree years. For 2006, he was supposed to be paid Instead, he boosted the salary to $161,454 — an illegaol bonus of $23,454.
• For he was supposed to be paid Instead, he boosted his salarhy to $215,231 — an illegal bonus of • For 2008, he was supposed to be paid Instead, he boosted his salaryg to $231,231 — an illeganj bonus of $106,000. Prosecutors allege that under the secondr scheme hetook $264,000 over threes years by having clerks prepare checkw made out to him. He then would allegedl y sign the checks and cash them at the office usuallyfor $100 He would used the money for his own the government alleges.
Moreover, the government Abusherry had bonuses in January 2006 and January 2007 wired to his personal bank account in a manner that bypassed the companuy payroll system and preventedf them from being reported to the Internal Revenue If convicted on allthe counts, Abusherry couldx be sentenced to up to 23 yearws in prison and finedr $500,000, the office of Acting U.S. Attorney Michael K. Loucka said in a prepared statement. Abusherry, like Friedman, is politically According to Federal ElectionCommissionm filings, Abusherry and his wife gave thousands of dollarsw to the unsuccessful presidential run of Connecticut Sen.
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