January 5, 2006

PRESS RELEASE

BOXFORD AND RANDOLPH MEN
PLEAD GUILTY TO FRAUD AND TAX VIOLATIONS

Boston, MA... Two Massachusetts men pleaded guilty today in federal court to mail fraud and tax violations.

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Douglas A. Bricker, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation in New England, announced today that KEVIN GREELISH, age 57, of 64 Clark Road, Ipswich, Massachusetts, formerly of Boxford, Massachusetts, and GEORGE CULLEN, age 50, of 10304 Calle De Flores Drive, Florida, formerly of Randolph, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel to one count of mail fraud. In addition, GREELISH also pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing and impeding the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, and CULLEN to one count of wilfully subscribing to a false federal income tax return.

At today's plea hearing, a prosecutor stated that had the case proceeded to trial, the evidence would have proven 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 Telesector Resources Group, Inc., doing business as Verizon Services Group ("Verizon"), one of CMS's commercial customers. According to the prosecutor, 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. From September 1999 through the fall of 2001, CMS thereby defrauded Verizon of approximately $70,000. Additionally, CULLEN filed a false tax return in 2000 which failed to report the proceeds of this scheme as part of his income.

The prosecutor also stated that in an unrelated offense, GREELISH corruptly endeavored to obstruct or impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws. GREELISH did so by failing to issue IRS Form 1099's to CMS's casual laborers and causing checks to be issued to those laborers in 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. From 1997 through 2001, GREELISH caused CMS to issue checks totaling approximately $565,000 using fictitious names in order to avoid issuing 1099's.

Judge Zobel scheduled the sentencing for GREELISH for March 30, 2006 at 2:00 p.m and for CULLEN on May 4, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. Both defendants 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.

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