Date of action: Dec. 10, 2024
Type of action: Sentencing
Employers: Mauricio Baiense, owner, Contract Framing Builders Inc.
407R Mystic Ave. Suite 34B, Medford, MA 02155
Allegations: In April 2024, Baiense pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, seven counts of failure to collect and pay over taxes, one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return and one count of making false statements.
When questioned under oath at a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration hearing about a fatal workplace incident involving an employee of Contract Framing Builders that occurred in March 2021, Baiense made false statements to a federal investigator, claiming the deceased employee did not work for him.
Resolution: Mauricio Baiense was sentenced in federal district court to 18 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release. Baiense was also ordered to pay $2,824,577 in restitution to the U.S.
Quote: “When employers make false statements to OSHA investigators to cover up unsafe practices, they leave employees exposed to workplace injuries and deaths,” said Acting Regional Administrator Jeffrey Erskine in Boston. “We are grateful to our staff, investigative partners and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, for the hard work they put in to ensure Mauricio Baiense will be held criminally accountable for his deceit.”
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Docket Number: 22-CR-10148
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Media Contact:
James C. Lally, 617-565-2074, lally.james.c@dol.gov
Release Number: 24-2566-BOS
