A retired Boston Police Department captain was sentenced Thursday in federal court for participating in a long-running overtime fraud scheme that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, officials said.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns sentenced Richard Evans, 65, of Hanover, to one year and a day in federal prison, two years of supervised release, restitution of $154,249.20, and a fine of $15,000, according to Joshua S. Levy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
A federal jury convicted Evans of conspiracy to commit theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud in March 2024.
Evans, a 42-year veteran of the force, was arrested and charged in March 2021 after a lengthy investigation into the overtime practices of Evans and other Boston police officers.
Levy said the investigation proved that Evans and his fellow officers had been lying on their overtime slips so that they could get paid for countless hours that they did not work.