This seems like kind of a big deal:
Yeah, same guy who cut ties with ICE out in Suffolk County back in 2018, while some people are reporting that this is somehow connected to ICE, it doesn't actually seem to be.
Here's more from News 5 Boston:
Prosecutors said that in 2020, Tompkins pressured the company for stock as it began to prepare for an initial public offering. Foley said that an executive feared Tompkins would use his position to jeopardize the partnership with his department, and therefore the dispensary license, if the sheriff did not obtain stock.
In November 2020, Tompkins paid $50,000 from his retirement account to buy 14,417 shares at a price of $1.73. When the IPO launched to the public in 2021, the stock was valued at $9.60 per share, meaning Tomkins' stake had an approximate value of $138,403, [United States Attorney Leah] Foley's office said.
By May 2022, the stock value fell and he lost money. Foley said that Tompkins demanded his $50,000 back and the company executive agreed.
Tompkins has been sheriff since 2013, and he now faces "up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000."
I mean, that's what you get when you try to game the system in your favor while playing it off as some sort of "man of the people."
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