Tran, former Mass. state senator, arrested for COVID-19 fraud

A former Massachusetts state senator was arrested on Friday for COVID-19 fraud, according to federal prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Sen. Dean Tran was charged with scheming to defraud the Department of Unemployment Assistance and collecting income that he failed to report to the Internal Revenue Service. Prosecutors said Tran was indicted on 25 counts of wire fraud and three counts of filing false tax returns. He was arrested Friday morning and will appear in federal court in Boston in the afternoon. This story is breaking and will be...