Thomas Clasby, former director of the Quincy Department of Elder Services, faces charges of embezzlement and other crimes for allegedly diverting public funds for personal use, including music studio recordings, steak tips, a portrait of himself, and a Toyota Prius.
A longtime Massachusetts bureaucrat allegedly stole taxpayer money meant for seniors and spent the ill-gotten funds on his own music studio recordings, loads of bourbon steak tips, a fancy lacquered portrait of himself and a Pruis, according to federal prosecutors.
Thomas Clasby, ex-director of the Quincy Department of Elder Services, was charged with embezzlement and other crimes for allegedly funneling tens of thousands of dollars in public funds into his “own personal slush fund,” over the course of five years, authorities said Wednesday. Clasby, 60, of Fitchburg, allegedly used the city’s purchasing mechanism to spend extravagantly on himself starting in 2019 – roughly 20 years into his job as head of elder services, the feds said.About $8,950 went to a music studio to produce recordings of his singing, another $2,236 for 153 pounds of bourbon steak tips, an additional $4,800 on a Toyota Prius and $1,658 more for a signature, lacquered, framed portrait of Clasby on the taxpayer’s dime, prosecutors said. He stopped working as elder services director in the Boston suburb last April after he was suspended and then fired the following month. “Thomas Clasby’s alleged betrayal of trust is not just a theft from the City of Quincy but an affront to the seniors he was sworn to serve and the taxpayers who funded these programs,” United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Joshua Levy“As Director of Elder Services, Mr. Clasby was entrusted with protecting vulnerable members of his community. Instead, he allegedly used his position to fund personal indulgence
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