Ex-Massachusetts Treasurer Charged in Ethics-Crime Case
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Ex-Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill was indicted and accused of using $1.5 million from the state lottery advertising budget to promote his unsuccessful 2010 campaign for governor.
“The message and timing of the ads was an unwarranted and unlawful benefit to Cahill and his gubernatorial campaign,” Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said today at a press conference in Boston.