Today Shawn Craig, Republican candidate for State Representative and Iraq war veteran, reacted to the resignation of the Department of Children and Families Commissioner Olga Roche.
“We elect a Governor to make the tough decisions in the best interest of the people. The Governor should have fired Commissioner Roche months ago. By allowing her to resign shows that the Governor still is not accepting responsibility for the failure to protect the children,” said Craig.“This is another example of failed accountability within our state government. The children of Massachusetts deserve better,” added Craig.
Craig is a member of the Upton Finance Committee and is the liaison to the Mendon Upton Regional School District. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Mendon-Upton Multi-Board Task Force. In addition, he is a member of the VFW and Upton Men’s Club.
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Professionally, Craig has 18 years of private sector experience with the majority spent within the financial services industry. He worked for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) for 8.5 years where he investigated broker-dealers for compliance with federal securities laws and FINRA rules and regulations. One investigation of which he was the team lead resulted in the discovery of fraud and misrepresentation at a firm located in Braintree, MA. Craig drafted a referral whereby the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission became engaged along with the FBI. The firm’s owner was detained October 2, 2012 and sentenced in April 2013 to 17 years in federal prison plus 3 years supervised probation and $9 million in restitution. Craig left FINRA in 2013 to start a consulting business focused on helping small broker-dealers.
Craig earned his B.A. from Roanoke College, where he double majored in International Relations and Business, and an M.S. in Finance from Suffolk University in Boston.