Somerville firefighter faces charges in World Cup ticket scheme

A Somerville firefighter is facing charges connected to an alleged scheme to defraud people out of thousands of dollars through fake FIFA World Cup tickets, according to a Patch report, while a local farming nonprofit has landed a national grant for community gardening work.

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"Somerville Firefighter Facing Charges In Connection With FIFA World Cup Ticket Scam": a city firefighter is accused of running a scheme that defrauded people out of thousands of dollars tied to fraudulent World Cup ticket sales, according to Somerville Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/somerville-firefighter-facing-charges-connection-fifa-world-cup-ticket-scam).

"Somerville Farming Nonprofit Receives National Grant": a local community-gardening nonprofit was selected for funding through a national program that has awarded more than $1 million to 150 organic community gardens across North America since it launched, according to Somerville Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/somerville-farming-nonprofit-receives-national-grant).

"Kelleher and Pentore of Horvath & Tremblay sell two multi-family properties in Cambridge and Somerville, MA for $5.35 million": a commercial real estate brokerage completed the sale of two multi-family properties spanning Cambridge and Somerville for a combined $5.35 million, according to a report via nerej.com (read it at https://nerej.com/kelleher-and-pentore-of-horvath-tremblay-cambridge-somerville-5-35-million).

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