Legal Opinion
United States v. Tavares
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 19, 2016No. 14-2313PPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants John O’Brien, Elizabeth Tavares, and William Burke, appeal their convictions for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) violations, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), RICO conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), and mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, based on their roles in a hiring scheme at the Massachusetts Office of the Commissioner of Probation (“OCP”) from 2000 to 2010. O’Brien, Tavares, and Burke previously served as high-ranking officials in the OCP. There, they catered to hiring requests from members of the state legislature with the hope of…
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