Blackstone Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges, Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison

By MyFM’s Claire Beverly – A Blackstone man faces up to 20 years in prison and maybe more after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges for bilking the store where he worked and skipping the taxes. Anthony Prizio was indicted in December and pleaded guilty last week to six counts of wire fraud as well as tax evasion and identity fraud. The US Attorney’s Office says while Prizio was the manager of the Worcester location of a national chain of second-hand retail stores, he created fake time sheets for former employees and kept the money.