BOSTON (WWLP) – A Boston-area landlord was arraigned on Monday with eight charges in connection to pandemic-era emergency assistance applications.
According to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, Steven Stoicois is a landlord of 249 Maverick Street in East Boston. He allegedly falsified applications for emergency rental assistance on various dates in 2021, fraudulently obtaining $95,400 and unsuccessfully attempting to obtain an additional $136,200.
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Although three applications were granted, an investigation revealed that the purported tenants listed either never lived in the reported apartment unit or lived there for a different period than claimed in the application.
According to the court documents, one of the reported tenants was incarcerated for a portion of the claimed tenancy. Another reported tenant had a GPS monitor that revealed they were in East Boston for only three minutes.