WORCESTER—The former head of the union representing more than 1,500 Massachusetts State Police troopers and sergeants—a Worcester resident who once led contract talks with the state—is headed back to federal prison after being resentenced this week in a long-running corruption case.
Dana A. Pullman, 64, of Worcester, the former president of the State Police Association of Massachusetts, was sentenced last Friday in U.S. District Court in Boston to two years in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He was also ordered to pay $43,915 in restitution.
Anne M. Lynch, 75, of Hull, the union’s former Massachusetts lobbyist, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and one year of supervised release and ordered to pay $41,795 in restitution.
The resentencing follows a June 2025 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that reversed three wire fraud convictions against both defendants, as well as one tax and one obstruction conviction against Lynch. The appeals court affirmed the remaining convictions and sent the case back to the district court for resentencing.
Pullman and Lynch were originally sentenced in May 2023 to 30 months and two years in prison, respectively.
In November 2022, a federal jury convicted Pullman of racketeering conspiracy, honest services wire fraud, multiple counts of wire fraud, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. He was also convicted of additional wire fraud and tax-related counts. Lynch was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, honest services wire fraud, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and tax offenses.
Pullman led the union from 2012 until his resignation on Sept. 28, 2018, after serving as a state trooper from 1987 to 2018. During that time, Lynch’s lobbying firm represented the union in exchange for monthly retainer payments.
“For the six years that Pullman was president of the union, Pullman and Lynch turned SPAM into a racketeering enterprise, using Pullman’s position and power to defraud SPAM members, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the IRS,” the press release states.
Among the conduct cited in the release was a $20,000 kickback paid by Lynch to Pullman in connection with a settlement agreement between the union and the Commonwealth. The payment was allegedly concealed to avoid reporting and paying taxes.
The U.S. DA also alleges that Pullman used a union debit card to cover personal expenses over a two-year period, including “a celebratory personal lunch in New York featuring champagne and caviar and a vacation to Miami.”
When a federal grand jury began investigating in 2018, Pullman encouraged the union’s treasurer to falsely claim there was a policy of destroying expense records after one year, according to the press release. Lynch also attempted to obstruct the grand jury’s investigation by lying to investigators, the release states.
In announcing the sentences, U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley said, “Dana Pullman and Anne Lynch ran the Massachusetts State Police union like an old-school racket, siphoning money from troopers, deceiving the Commonwealth, hiding income from the IRS and then lying when they got caught. Their conduct was deliberate, sustained and corrosive.”
Ted E. Docks, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Division, said in the press release that Pullman “joined forces with lobbyist Anne Lynch to run the State Police Association of Massachusetts like an organized criminal enterprise to rake in thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks for their own financial gain.”
Thomas Demeo, special agent in charge of IRS Criminal Investigation’s Boston Field Office, said in the press release that the case “underscores a serious breach of public trust.”
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kristina E. Barclay and Neil J. Gallagher Jr. of the Criminal Division.
