More Butcher Shops Appear To Fall Victim To Same Meat Purchase Scam As Massachusetts Store

CBS Boston

February 24, 2025

It appears a North Shore butcher shop, which was scammed out of thousands of dollars, was not alone. Other butcher shops now say they have been duped too.

The first order for oxtail and ribs was for about $8,000, Paulo Xavier explained. It was just before the holidays, and he thought his new butcher shop, Local Meat Market in Milford, Massachusetts had struck gold.

"He said they would donate it for homeless people and stuff like that," Xavier explained.

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