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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Collins

Former Connecticut lawmaker to be sentenced for coronavirus aid thefts

©2022 Jessica Hill/Special to the Hartford Courant

A former Connecticut state representative is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven — most of it in federal coronavirus-related aid — and using a good chunk of it to fuel his gambling addiction.

Michael DiMassa, 32, a West Haven Democrat, could get more than four years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. He is asking Judge Omar Williams for leniency.

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