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High-ranking court official swept up in prostitution sting

A high-ranking official in the state’s court system was among nine men swept up in an online prostitution sting Tuesday in Boston.

William Marchant, the chief financial officer of the Massachusetts Trial Court, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Chinatown, where police said he had agreed to meet a woman he solicited for sex.

The woman turned out to be an undercover detective.

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