BOSTON -A federal judge sentenced former Massachusetts State Senator Dean Tran, of Fitchburg, to additional prison time on Friday, Jan. 30. The sentence will add one month to Tran’s current sentence.
Tran is currently serving an 18-month sentence in federal prison for charges related to the fraudulent collection of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and omitting consulting and rental income from his tax returns from 2020 to 2022. A federal jury convicted him on those charges in September 2024.
In December 2025, Tran pleaded guilty to single counts of both obstruction of justice and making a false statement.
U.S. Senior District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV sentenced Tran to 12 months in prison, with 11 months to run concurrently with his current sentence. Tran will also subject to 18 months of supervised release, all of which runs concurrently with his current sentence.
Tran served as the state senator of the Worcester and Middlesex senate district from 2017 to 2021. That district includes Fitchburg, Gardner, Leominster, Berlin, Bolton, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Sterling, Townsend, and Clinton.
