A Hopkinton woman and a Boston man have been charged in a bank fraud scheme that allegedly included the theft of $1.2 million over the course of several years.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Rosemary Parks, 59, of Hopkinton and William Shaw, 67, of Boston were indicted on counts of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Shaw was arrested and arraigned in federal court on Wednesday.
Parks was arrested last Friday and released under special conditions, including orders not to drink or take illegal drugs and undergo a mental health evaluation, per reporting from The Boston Globe.
To withdraw the money, Shaw and Parks allegedly used fake driver’s license with customers’ information on them but with their own photos. They are accused of using customers names and account numbers to make the withdrawals at banks across Massachusetts, from West Roxbury out to Sturbridge. Shaw reportedly posed as a bank customer on 11 occasions and withdrew $674,000. The U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that Parks impersonated eight bank customers and withdrew $536,000 from customer accounts in the form of cashier’s checks and cash withdrawals.
The press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that Shaw began the fraud scheme in December 2022 and continued through March 2025. Parks, meanwhile, allegedly operated between August through October of 2024.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office noted in the press release that six men were charged in July 2025 in a related investigation. Those men allegedly were involved in a multimillion-dollar criminal conspiracy to defraud banks in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
No plea deals here. Twenty five to thirty years in jail should suffice!
Agreed!
And why can I not find ONE picture of her & these people involved in this crime ring!?!
Thank God we have good Police and State Police. Not like our lying Governor. My Hats off too you officers.
State Police I don’t know about that.
You know why.
Released on zero bail? And gives her plenty of time to another state under a different name! What a disgrace our laws are. Publish her picture!
Well, I’ve heard social security isn’t enough. smh
I wonder why the same laws don’t apply to government official that misappropriated Mass tax payer’s money. Isn’t that fraud as well?