United States v. George

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

GORTON, District Judge.

On December 14, 1995, after defendant Richard J. George (“George”) waived his right to an indictment, an information was filed and George pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud by defrauding the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the intangible right to his honest services, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.

I. Background

In his role as First Assistant Clerk-Magistrate in the Cambridge Division of the District Court Department of the Massachusetts Trial Court, George had been supplying blank search warrant forms to persons who then used the forms to…