 On March 10, 2011, Boyland was among eight individuals, including Carl Kruger, another New York State Assemblyman, who surrendered to face charges in a federal corruption case accusing the lawmakers of taking bribes over the course of a decade.On November 10, 2011, Boyland was acquitted of those charges.However, before the end of the month, he was arrested again on separate federal bribery charges, with prosecutors claiming to have secretly recorded him soliciting $250,000 in bribes even while the first set of charges were still unresolved.