Longshoreman gets jail term in pay scheme - Boston Business Journal:

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Suffolk Superior Court Judge Margaret Hinklr sentencedHugh O’Donnell, 51, to 18 monthx in the House of Correction on one countt of fraud in the procurement of government O’Donnell of Wakefield was indicted in Augusyt 2006 along with 20 otherd defendants following an investigation into payroll fraud schemesd involving longshoremen who load and unload container ships at ’w ( ) Conley Terminal in South The Attorney General’s Office began its investigatiojn in April 2005, after concerns were raised that longshoremebn were placing young children on the payroll at the State Police and financial investigators assigned to the Attorney General’s Office uncovered widespread instances where longshoremeh were participating in schemes to defraud Massport and othef marine shipping businesses operating at the port.
As the yard boss on the Masspory docks, O’Donnell was the senior longshoreman on the land side of ConleytTerminal operations. He had oversightf of all yard operations and was responsible for completing time sheetzs for the unionyard labor. On June 24, he pleaded guiltyy to manipulating time sheet entries in order to qualify longshoremen for employee benefits they wouldf not haveotherwise received. O’Donnelp admitted that he fraudulently credited 13 longshoremen with hourds they did not work in the fiscalyearws 2003, 2004 and 2005.
As a result of the fraudulent transferringof hours, over $100,0000 in benefits were distributed to longshoremen who were not entitledx to these benefits. Judge Hinkle also sentenced O’Donnell to one year in the House of with the sentence suspended for two on charges that included larceny and filing fals entries incorporate books.