At least it's not more overtime fraud: BPD auto mechanic admits reselling parts he'd purchased through police accounts

A Boston Police Department car mechanic agreed to plead blameworthy contiguous to ligament fraud for ordering Honda and Acura parts done BPD accounts, past reselling them to backstage mechanics.

In all, Bahram Gharony ordered and re-sold immoderate $260,000 worthy of parts betwixt 2017 and past September, the US Attorney's bureau reports. He present perchance faces up to 20 years successful prison.

Gharony was formally charged contiguous and promptly agreed to plead guilty. He faces a proceeding connected Aug. 17 astatine which a justice successful US District Court successful Boston volition determine whether to judge his plea.

According to the "information" filed against him, Gharony was hired successful 2008 arsenic a mechanic for the constabulary Fleet Management Division, wherever helium was liable for the acquisition, attraction and repair of BPD vehicles, a presumption that gave him the authorization to bid parts from section dealers, including Boch Honda successful Norwood:

On oregon astir February 19, 2020, GHARONY ordered auto-parts including 2 “lower power arms”, from a Honda dealership successful Norwood. Although helium purported to beryllium ordering the parts for a BPD vehicle, GHARONY provided the dealership with a VIN for a conveyance not associated with immoderate BPD vehicle.

On oregon astir February 20, 2020, the Norwood dealership gave GHARONY respective invoices totaling $576.82 that listed the VIN that GHARONY had provided to the dealership. To conceal the strategy to defraud, GHARONY whited-out the VIN from the invoice and submitted the redacted invoice to BPD for payment. Based connected GHARONY’s fraudulent representations and people of conduct, BPD paid the invoice and GHARONY took custody of the parts from the Norwood dealership.

On oregon astir February 20, 2020, GHARONY sold the parts helium fraudulently acquired from the Norwood dealership to an idiosyncratic who connected oregon astir the aforesaid time paid GHARONY astir $540.00 for the parts implicit Cash App.

On oregon astir March 23, 2020, GHARONY transferred the funds from the February 20, 2020 parts merchantability to his idiosyncratic slope relationship astatine City of Boston Credit Union.

Gharony earned $82,385.64 successful wage past year.

Innocent, etc.