Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Cheating on $131K in Premium

An Abington man has pleaded guilty to charges he schemed, along with his insurance agent, to avoid paying more than $131,000 in workers' compensation insurance premiums, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced Thursday. Patrick J. O'Shaughnessy, 61, of Abington pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts each of workers' compensation fraud and larceny over $250, and four counts of conspiracy. Suffolk Superior Judge Christine McEvoy sentenced O'Shaughnessy to serve two years in the House of Correction, with 30 days to be served under house arrest on an electronic monitoring bracelet and the remain...