Marathon bomber got a federal Covid-19 relief payment; government wants it applied toward the restitution he owes

Federal prosecutors contiguous asked a justice to bid Dzokhar Tsarnaev to manus implicit a Covid-19 alleviation cheque helium got past twelvemonth - and donations he's received from radical crossed the state - to assistance wage disconnected immoderate tiny information of the $101.1 cardinal successful restitution helium was ordered to wage for his relation successful the Boston Marathon bombings and the decease of an MIT constabulary serviceman successful 2013.

In a filing successful US District Court successful Boston, prosecutors said Tsarnaev got a $1,400 Covid-19 outgo connected June 22, 2021 and that helium has received $11,230 successful donations betwixt 2016 and June, 2021, immoderate from 3 radical who sent him monthly payments for respective years.

The wealth went into his situation spot account, from which helium spent $2,000 for gifts and books for household members, prosecutors say. He has paid astir $2,200 towards restitution, they add.

In its motion, the US Attorney's bureau asked that each of the wealth helium has received from the Covid alleviation programme and extracurricular sources beryllium transferred from the commissary relationship to "the Clerk of Court arsenic outgo toward the outstanding transgression monetary penalties imposed against the Defendant."

Tsarnaev present lives successful a 7x12 compartment astatine a national "supermax" prison successful Colorado.

Tsarnaev's sentencing besides included being enactment to decease due to the fact that the bombs helium and his member acceptable disconnected on Boylston Street successful Copley Square killed Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, and Martin Richard and injured hundreds much on Boylston Street - and for the ambush gunning down of MIT constabulary serviceman Sean Collier arsenic they aboriginal tried to escape. A national appeals tribunal ordered a caller trial connected whether helium should dice oregon walk the remainder of his beingness successful prison; the US Supreme Court is present considering the case.