November 14, 2005

PRESS RELEASE

BOXFORD AND RANDOLPH MEN
CHARGED WITH FRAUD AND TAX VIOLATIONS

Boston, MA... Two Massachusetts men were charged today in federal court with mail fraud and tax violations.

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Rebecca Sparkman, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation in New England, announced today that KEVIN GREELISH, age 57, of 17 Longhill Road, Boxford, Massachusetts, and GEORGE CULLEN, age 49, of 23 Dunn Terrace, Randolph, Massachusetts, were charged together in an Information with one count of mail fraud. In addition, GREELISH was charged with one count of obstructing and impeding the due administration of the Internal Revenue Laws, and CULLEN with one count of wilfully subscribing to a false federal income tax return.

The Information alleges that GREELISH was the owner and principal operating officer of Commonwealth Maintenance Systems, Inc. ("CMS"), a commercial janitorial and maintenance service company located in Woburn, Massachusetts and that CULLEN worked for Verizon, one of CMS's commercial customers. The Information alleges that GREELISH and CULLEN engaged together in a mail fraud scheme in which GREELISH caused CMS to overbill Verizon and to pay kickbacks of a portion of the overpayments to CULLEN. The Information alleges that from September 1999 through the fall of 2001, CMS thereby defrauded Verizon of about $70,000. The Information alleges that CULLEN filed a false tax return in 2000 which failed to report all of his income.

The Information also alleges that GREELISH avoided issuing IRS Form 1099's to CMS casual laborers by issuing checks to fictitious names for all payments over $600 in any one year. The Internal Revenue laws require that 1099's be issued whenever wages of more than $600 are issued. The Information alleges that from 1997 through 2001, GREELISH caused CMS to issue checks totaling approximately $565,000 using fictitious names in order to avoid issuing 1099's and that GREELISH thereby corruptly endeavored to obstruct or impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws.

If convicted, GREELISH and CULLEN face up to 5 years' imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine on the mail fraud count; and 3 years' imprisonment, to be followed by 1 year of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine on the tax charges.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark J. Balthazard in Sullivan's Economic Crimes Unit.

The details contained in the Information are allegations. The defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Press Contact: Samantha Martin, (617) 748-3139