Former Boston fire district chief convicted of fraud sentenced to probation, community service
The former Boston Fire Department district chief who was found guilty of larceny and fraud earlier this month was sentenced to three years probation and 750 hours of community service Thursday, according to the Attorney General’s office.
Edward Scigliano IV, 46, of Kingston, was convicted of five counts of larceny over $250 and five counts of procurement fraud, authorities said. He has also been ordered to pay restitutions to the city within two years.
“This defendant abused his position as a public employee by stealing tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars that should have gone to serving the residents of the City of Boston,’’ Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement.
A joint investigation by Boston police and the Attorney General’s office uncovered two separate schemes Scigliano ran between 2008 and 2011. In one, he received $32,000 in checks from a company that supplied the fire department with trucks to his personal account, telling the dealership that he was authorized to receive the funds, authorities said.
In a second scheme, Scigliano had a vendor purchase $17,000 in personal items, using city funds to acquire a 52-inch TV, grill, and elliptical machine, according to authorities.
“As a jury found, Scigliano betrayed the Boston Fire Department and violated the public’s trust,’’ Inspector General Glenn A. Cunha said in a statement. “I want to thank the Attorney General’s office for taking public corruption seriously and ensuring Scigliano faced a measure of accountability for his actions.’’
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