Brockton Brothers Get 4 Months Each for Staged $197,000 Credit Union ‘Robbery’
A teller handed his masked brother nearly $200,000 from the vault in a staged 2024 robbery in West Roxbury. Each was sentenced to four months in prison.
Two brothers from Brockton, Massachusetts, who staged a “robbery” at the credit union where one of them worked as a teller have each been sentenced to four months in prison.
U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs sentenced Jenel Flounoury, 30, and Justin Flounoury, 34, on Oct. 19, 2026, to four months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered them to pay $197,146 in restitution together, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said. Each had pleaded guilty in July 2026 to conspiracy to commit larceny from a credit union.
A note that said “Hand it Over”
On Sept. 24, 2024, Justin left work early from his job in South Boston and was driven to Energy Credit Union in West Roxbury, where Jenel was working as a teller, prosecutors said. Wearing a hat, dark clothing, sunglasses and a mask, he walked up to his brother’s window and handed him a note that read, “Hand it Over.”
Instead of handing over the limited cash in his teller drawer, Jenel went into the credit union’s vault, filled a bag with nearly $200,000 and gave it to Justin, who left and went back to the home the brothers shared, according to the office. Cellphone location records tracked Justin’s trip, prosecutors said.
The brothers were later seen burning dark clothing in a grill at their home. A search turned up more than $160,000 in cash, including ten $100 bills with serial numbers that credit union employees had recorded before the robbery, prosecutors said. State authorities arrested both men the night after the robbery.
What the plea agreement shows
Jenel Flounoury’s plea agreement, filed July 24, 2026, in case No. 1:25-cr-10014, shows that:
- The government agreed to dismiss a second count, larceny from a credit union, at sentencing.
- Both sides calculated his offense level under the federal sentencing guidelines at 12, including a reduction because he was a “zero point offender,” meaning he had no criminal history points, and another for accepting responsibility.
- Prosecutors agreed to recommend prison time within the guidelines range the parties calculated, plus 36 months of supervised release.
- He agreed to forfeit $160,275 seized at a Brockton address on or about Sept. 25, 2024, and a $36,871 money judgment, the amount of proceeds law enforcement did not recover.
The release does not say what sentence prosecutors asked for at the Oct. 19, 2026, hearing. Both sides filed sentencing memorandums on Oct. 13, 2026, according to the court docket, but those filings are not publicly available for free.
Background
The brothers were indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2025 and pleaded not guilty at the time, Credit Union Times reported. The conspiracy charge carries up to five years in prison. The FBI, the Massachusetts State Police and the Boston Police Department investigated, with help from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
