Massachusetts
California woman pleads guilty to money laundering after 160+ pounds of meth seized in investigation involving Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine
BOSTON – According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, a California woman has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to her role in a money laundering conspiracy involving proceeds of methamphetamine and marijuana distribution. Defendant assisted husband in laundering drug proceeds.
In total, over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number, two loaded Smith & Wesson handguns, and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition were seized during the investigation. An illegal marijuana grow operation with hundreds of marijuana plants was also dismantled. Two co-defendants Reshat Alkayisi and Andre Watson recently pleaded guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, 2024, and July 16, 2024, respectively.
Christina Lua, 50, of Santa Rosa, Cali., pleaded guilty to one count of a second superseding indictment charging her with money laundering conspiracy. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentencing for July 12, 2024.
Lua was originally charged in a superseding indictment, along with four others, in September 2021 with money laundering conspiracy. The indictment charged a total of 11 defendants. In addition to the money laundering conspiracy, other defendants were charged with controlled substance and firearm offenses.
In approximately October 2020, investigators received information about drug trafficking activities of a large-scale methamphetamine supplier in the Boston area. In late 2020, investigators identified Alkayisi as a large-scale methamphetamine trafficker, who distributed multi-pound quantities to customers throughout the New England area. Lua was identified as Alkayisi’s wife, who assisted Alkayisi in laundering his drug proceeds, including by purchasing vehicles with cash drug proceeds, and by depositing cash drug proceeds in amounts less than $10,000 so as to conceal the nature of the funds and to avoid reporting requirements.
Lua is the ninth defendant to plead guilty. The two remaining defendants are scheduled to plead guilty.
The charge of money laundering conspiracy provides for a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of the great of $500,000 or twice the amount of laundered proceeds, and a mandatory special assessment of $100. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.
Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy; Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; and Shawn Jenkins, Interim Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction made the announcement. Assistance was provided by the Norfolk County Sherriff’s Office; and Concord, Hudson, Peabody, Reading, Watertown and Waltham Police Departments. Assistance was also provided by the Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alathea Porter, Katherine Ferguson, and James Arnold of the Criminal Division are prosecuting the case.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts high school scores from Friday
BASEBALL
Andover 4, Haverhill 0
Ayer Shirley 6, Bromfield 4
Billerica 5, Lowell 4
Braintree 4, King Philip 0
Cathedral 6, Roxbury Prep 2
Clinton 4, Littleton 3
Duxbury 11, Quincy 3
Groton 9, Phillips Academy Andover 5
Groton-Dunstable 5, Marlboro 2
Hanover 5, Marshfield 0
Lowell Catholic 6, Whittier 3
Mansfield 9, Oliver Ames 8
Monomoy 10, Rising Tide 0
Mystic Valley 8, Everett 2
North Andover 4, Dracut 2
North Middlesex 11, Fitchburg 0
Norwell 10, Sandwich 2
Oliver Ames 9, Mansfield 8
Pingree 4, Middlesex 3
Plymouth South 10, Hingham 3
St. John Paul II 13, Nantucket 3
St. John’s Prep 4, Lawrence 3
St. Mark’s 6, Cushing 3
St. Mary’s (L) 8, Bishop Fenwick 3
Shawsheen 6, Greater Lawrence 2
Somerville 9, Winchester 4
Tewksbury 3, Chelmsford 2
Westford Academy 10, Bedford 0
Whitman-Hanson 9, Scituate 0
GIRLS GOLF
BOYS LACROSSE
Apponequet 10, Old Rochester 4
Billerica 14, Dracut 5
Bishop Fenwick 10, St. Mary’s (L) 4
Bridgewater-Raynham 6, Nauset 5
Dartmouth 12, Plymouth North 3
Duxbury 11, Lincoln-Sudbury 9
Lexington 10, Stoneham 3
Littleton 6, Shepherd Hill 2
Lynnfield 16, Hamilton-Wenham 0
Martha’s Vineyard 8, Monomoy 6
Minuteman 13, Mystic Valley 3
Newburyport 17, North Reading 1
Old Colony 17, Upper Cape 1
Pentucket 13, Essex Tech 11
Reading 15, Wakefield 5
Quincy/North Quincy 10, Braintree 9
Sandwich 7, Plymouth South 6 (ot)
Southeastern 16, Blue Hills 6
Stoughton 9, Dedham 6
Taunton 8, Norton 7
GIRLS LACROSSE
Abington 15, Rockland 8
Apponequet 13, Old Rochester 10
Bishop Feehan 12, Holliston 6
Bishop Fenwick 8, St. Mary’s (L) 6
Braintree 18, Quincy 4
Burlington 18, Woburn 8
Dartmouth 14, Plymouth North 6
Dexter Southfield 18, St. Mark’s 7
Hamilton-Wenham 17, Lynnfield 9
Lexington 15, Stoneham 4
Lincoln-Sudbury 9, Bedford (NH) 5
Malden 11, Northeast 5
Manchester Essex 13, Georgetown 0
Newburyport 16, North Reading 1
North Attleboro 9, Oliver Ames 7
Norwell 8, Foxboro 6
Pentucket 19, Essex Tech 7
St. John Paul II 12, Nauset 11
Tewksbury 12, Lowell 5
Upper Cape 14, Old Colony 7
Ursuline 8, Dedham 6
Wayland 15, Boston Latin 9
Winchester 22, Watertown 10
SAILING
Winchester 4, BC High 0
SOFTBALL
Apponequet 12, New Bedford 0
Arlington Catholic 5, Wakefield 4
Bedford 7, Westford Academy 0
Beverly 5, Masconomet 0
Bishop Feehan 14, Newton North 2
Bridgewater-Raynham 6, Braintree 2
Canton 17, Durfee 10
Dedham 12, Holliston 0
Dennis-Yarmouth 16, Barnstable 8
Georgetown 13, Rockport 3
Gloucester 2, Danvers 0
Groton-Dunstable 8, Oakmont 7
Hamilton-Wenham 6, Manchester Essex 5
Hopkinton 20, Dover-Sherborn 0
King Phillip 3, Archbishop Williams 2
Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Tyngsboro 2
Lynnfield 4, Triton 2
Marblehead 1, Saugus 0
Marshfield 8, Hanover 7 (9i)
Minuteman 9, Shawsheen 6
Monomoy 7, Falmouth 4
Nauset 12, Sturgis 9
Needham 14, Natick 2
Norton 3, Westwood 0
Norwell 13, Sandwich 5
Pentucket 7, Newburyport 4
Plymouth North 16, Quincy/North Quincy 4
Plymouth South 4, Hingham 1
Rivers 4, Dexter Southfield 1
Silver Lake 5, Pembroke 0
Taunton 8, Oliver Ames 0
Tewksbury 13, Haverhill 1
Wayland 7, Boston Latin 4 (9i)
Whitman-Hanson 15, Scituate 0 (5i)
Winchester 16, Somerville 6
BOYS RUGBY
Marshfield 29, Hingham 24
BOYS TENNIS
Andover 3, Cambridge 2
Apponequet 4, Dartmouth 1
Arlington 5, Malden Catholic 0
Barnstable 3, Nauset 2
Billerica 3, Tewksbury 2
Dedham 5, Holliston 0
Duxbury 5, Quincy 0
Hanover 4, Marshfield 1
Hingham 5, Plymouth South 0
Lowell 4, Lawrence 1
Manchester Essex 5, Ipswich 0
Marblehead 4, Beverly 1
Martha’s Vineyard 4, Monomoy 1
Nantucket 4, Rising Tide 1
North Quincy 5, Plymouth North 0
Norton 3, Westwood 2
Quincy 3, Randolph 1
Rivers 7, St. Sebastian’s 0
Scituate 5, Whitman-Hanson 0
St. John’s Prep 3, Newton North 2
Wayland 4, Boston Latin 1
Westford Academy 3, Bedford 2
Weymouth 4, Norwell 1
GIRLS TENNIS
Andover 5, Billerica 0
Danvers 5, Saugus 0
Dartmouth 3, Apponequet 2
Duxbury 5, Quincy 0
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Rockport 0
Hanover 3, Marshfield 2
Hingham 5, Plymouth South 0
Holliston 5, Dedham 0
Lynnfield 4, Swampscott 1
Marblehead 3, Beverly 2
Manchester Essex 3, Ipswich 2
Monomoy 4, Martha’s Vineyard 1
Nantucket 5, Rising Tide 0
Nauset 5, Barnstable 0
Needham 4, Natick 1
North Andover 5, Lowell 0
Plymouth North 5, North Quincy 0
Sharon 4, Oliver Ames 1
BOYS TRACK
GIRLS TRACK
Apponequet 89, Somerset Berkley 47
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Brookline 3, North Quincy 0
Haverhill 3, Lawrence 0
Lexington 3, Cambridge 1
Lincoln-Sudbury 3, Westford Academy 0
Malden 3, Arlington 1
Needham 3, Lowell 0
New Bedford 3, Durfee 0
Quincy 3, Randolph 1
Revere 3, Madison Park 2
Wayland 3, Newton South 0
Massachusetts
Massachusetts lotto player wins second $1 million prize in just 10 weeks
A Massachusetts woman miraculously cashed in her second $1 million lottery ticket in just 10 weeks.
Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, struck gold again playing the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “100X Cash” $10 instant ticket game, lottery officials announced on Wednesday.
She had purchased the ticket at Family Food Mart in Mansfield, which will receive $10,000 for selling the big winner.
Just over 2 months ago, Wilson claimed a $1 million prize off a “Lifetime Millions” $50 instant ticket on Feb. 23. She had purchased that ticket at Dubs’s Discount Liquors in Mansfield.
She decided to receive both of her prizes in the form of lump cash payments of $650,000 each — before taxes.
Wilson told the Massachusetts State Lottery after the first win that she planned to buy a new SUV, which she did.
Following her second $1 million win, she said she’ll put the money in savings.
Massachusetts
‘Millionaire’s Tax’ drives up April revenues in Massachusetts
Massachusetts appears poised to avoid ending the fiscal year in the red after April tax revenues shot past already lowered projections, Administration and Finance Secretary Matthew Gorzkowicz said Friday afternoon.
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