Catherine Greig Officially Charged for Harboring James 'Whitey' Bulger

Editor's Note: Updated at 9:30 p.m.

Catherine Greig, the woman who allegedly lived a secret life on the lam with reputed South Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger for 16 years, was officially charged in federal court Thursday for harboring and concealing a fugitive, according to a press announcement from the United States Attorney's office.

Greig, if convicted, faces up to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine, according to the announcement.

Prosecutors allege that Greig conspired to keep Bulger concealed from authorities since 1995. Bulger, who is on trial in connection to 19 murders, among other alleged offenses, was one of the FBI's top fugitives until his capture on June 22.

Harboring a fugitive
Thursday's indictment against Greig notes "the charges against Bulger and the fact that law enforcement was seeking to arrest him were heavily publicized in Boston and, eventually, throughout the United States." As part of that effort, the indictment notes, the FBI placed Bulger on its list of ten most wanted fugitives.

Greig, the indictment argues, assisted Bulger in a number of ways.

Some of the allegations are as follows:

• She and Bulger posed as a married couple under false identity.
• She obtained false identification, including social security numbers and drivers licenses, for herself and Bulger.
• She and Bulger purchased goods and paid for things like rent and prescriptions using cash and money orders to conceal their identities.
• She and Bulger would communicate with people in Massachusetts using methods to mask their identities and locations.
• She shopped for groceries, clothing and other household items for Bulger, enabling him to minimize his time in public.

Aliases
As part of the charges brought against Greig, prosecutors allege she used a number of aliases and false identities. The indictment lists 10 different identities Greig allegedly used during her time in hiding:

Carol Gasko, Carol Gasco, Helen Marshall, Carol Shapeton, Mrs. Thomas Baxter, J.L., P.M., N.S., J.W., C.L.

New York, Louisiana, Chicago, California
The indictment sheds some light on the life Greig and Bulger lived while in hiding.

Bulger fled Massachusetts around Dec. 23, 1994, the indictment says. 

Then, in February of 1995, the indictment alleges, Greig, with cooperation from a criminal associate known in the indictment as "John Doe No. 1," met with Bulger at Thomas Park in South Boston andMalibu Beach in Dorchester. Shortly after, Greig departed Massachusetts with Bulger, according to the indictment.

Throughout 1995 and 1996, Greig helped Bulger make phone calls to people in Massachusetts, using third-party-homes to conceal their locations, the indictment alleges.

Also according to the indictment:

• In September 1995, Bulger and Greig checked into a Best Western in New York using the names Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baxter.
• In June 1996 Greig bought contact lenses at a Walmart in Louisiana using the name Helen Marshall.
• In July 1996, "John Doe. No. 1 took photographs of an individual, John Doe No. 2, who was a relative of Bulger's, in order to prepare false photo identification documents for Bulger. John Doe No. 2 wore a fake moustache for the photographs in order to make him look like Bulger."
• In July 1996, Grieg and Bulger met at the Grand Jury hotel in Chicago.
• That same month, they traveled by train from Chicago to New York using the names Mark Shapeton and Carol Shapeton.
• By 1998, Bulger and Greig had started renting an apartment in Santa Monica, Calif., using the names Charles Gasko and Carol Gasko. They claimed to be married and from Chicago.
• Greig told the property manager of their apartment in Santa Monica that her husband "Charlie" had emphysema, and that's why he had to stay in the apartment all day long with the shades pulled down.
• Between 2003 and 2011, Greig and Bulger obtained medical services and medications using false names.
• On about June 11, 2010, Bulger had a medical consultation in Los Angeles.
• Greig obtained business cards using various false names
• Between 2007 and 2010, at least, Greig and Bulger used a bank account of an individual "whose identity Bulger had appropriated and who died in 2007, to pay for articles of clothing, health-related products and other items."

The idictment was brought against Greig in the United States District Court of Massachusetts.