 His chief of staff, Ry-Ann Hermon, was also arrested on related charges, and eventually pleaded guilty.Boyland was charged with three additional counts of mail fraud on March 18, 2013 for falsely securing tens of thousands of dollars in travel reimbursements, and several weeks later another fraud charge was added for steering taxpayer money to a nonprofit agency and directing that agency to reimburse him for other expenses.On May 14, 2013, Boyland pleaded not guilty.