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Who says crime doesn’t pay? Certainly not Teamsters Local 25.
The Boston Herald is reporting that the union – which has had its share of run-ins with the law in the past – recently employed several career criminals on the set of the taxpayer-subsidized movie “The Surrogates,” which was shot in Boston last summer. The list of felons reportedly earning up to $3,000 a week included a killer, bank robbers, repeat drunk drivers, and a convicted cocaine trafficker who served 15 years in federal prison.
Apparently, big-shot Hollywood producers and actors aren’t the only beneficiaries of the state’s $100 million film tax “giveaway.”
The Boston Herald is reporting that the union – which has had its share of run-ins with the law in the past – recently employed several career criminals on the set of the taxpayer-subsidized movie “The Surrogates,” which was shot in Boston last summer. The list of felons reportedly earning up to $3,000 a week included a killer, bank robbers, repeat drunk drivers, and a convicted cocaine trafficker who served 15 years in federal prison.
Apparently, big-shot Hollywood producers and actors aren’t the only beneficiaries of the state’s $100 million film tax “giveaway.”
