Crime
Jury Convicts ‘Beej’ Das of US Rep. Election Crimes, Using Nearly $300K for Business, Yacht
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A one-time North Andover congressional candidate was convicted Friday by a federal jury in Boston of charges of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act and making false statements. Abhijit “Beej” Das was convicted of accepting excessive campaign contributions, conduit contributions, conversion of campaign funds and two counts of making false statements. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns scheduled sentencing for the 50-year-old for Jan. 17. In June 2021, Das was indicted by a federal grand jury relating to campaign money associated with his 2017-2018 run for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District.