Freda Brasfield, the finance director of Boston’s Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu, has been charged with money laundering.
Brasfield has been described as a Democratic activist and community organizer.
Where have we heard that title before?
FOX 25 News in Boston reports, via Yahoo News:
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Boston mayor’s finance director charged with money laundering in prison drug smuggling scheme
Freda Brasfield, the director of administration and finance in Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office, was indicted Friday on money laundering charges in an alleged prison drug-trafficking scheme.
Brasfield, who is also a longtime Boston Democratic political activist and community organizer, appeared in Superior Court in Woburn, along with two co-defendants, Jaime Liberty and Jayleen Rivera, who both face charges of conspiracy to traffic drugs at MCI Shirley.
Brasfield, represented by Boston attorney David Meier, has pleaded not guilty to one count of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Brasfield, Liberty and Rivera were released on personal recognizance.
According to records on file in Woburn Superior Court, a grand jury indicted Freda Brasfield on Dec. 15, 2022.
Prosecutors allege the smuggling scheme stretches back to January 2021 and involved a conspiracy to smuggle synthetic cannabinoids known as K2 and Spice into MCI Shirley. Prosecutors say they involved four inmates, including Brasfield’s nephew, and five “non-incarcerated relatives or significant others,” including Freda Brasfield.
According to this report, she was charged in December, but was charged just this week. What gives?
Boston City Hall’s CFO, Freda Brasfield, was CHARGED with a felony in DECEMBER 2022. But she was allowed to continue working/collecting salary under @GradonačelnikWu until today? The city hall did not respond @boston25 timely. So much about that #transparency Michelle Wu. Fraud! pic.twitter.com/8cGHfMOhJr
— Boston First Responders United (BFRU) (@BostonFRU) February 10, 2023
“A source told Boston 25 News that Fred Brasfield moved the money in $999 increments to avoid mandatory bank reporting limits of $1,000.00.
Freda Brasfield serves as @wutraindirector of administration and finance, with a salary of more than $120,000.” #bospoli #mapoli https://t.co/AihO6tzSbL— Paul Diego Craney (@pauldiegocraney) February 11, 2023
Staggering corruption.