License Commission – Notice of Hearing (Room Change)

DATE 04/17/2025
TIME 2:00 pm
LOCATION Committee Room, Woburn City Hall, Common Street, Woburn, MA, United States
Published:

Meeting Agenda

 

License Commission – Notice of Hearing has been changed from the Committee Room to the Council Chamber

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, FIRST CLASS MAIL AND EMAIL

TO: Hugo Moraes, owner

Hudson Moraes, manager

Taste of Brazil-Tudo Na Brasa LLC, 00073-RS-1498, 414 Main Street, Woburn MA 01801

You are hereby notified that a hearing will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 2 p.m. in the Committee Room at Woburn City Hall, 10 Common St., Woburn, Mass., by the Woburn License Commission to consider whether you have violated certain provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, (M.G.L), Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR), and Woburn License Commission: Rules and Regulations for the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages, as follows:

a.) 204 CMR 2.05(2)- Permitting an illegality on the licensed premises, to wit: conspiracy to encourage and induce aliens to come to, enter, or reside in the United States for commercial advantage or private gain in violation of 8 USC §§1324(a)(1)(A)(v)(I) and (B)(i); money laundering conspiracy in violation of 18 USC § 1956(h); and Forced Labor and Attempted Forced Labor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589(a) and 1594(a);

b.) Woburn License Commission Rules & Regulations Section H, 14: No licensee shall permit any disorder, disturbance, or illegality of any kind to take place in or around the Licensed Premises, including the parking areas thereof. Licensees shall also prevent undue noise or disturbance to the adjacent neighborhood.  The Licensee shall be responsible therefore, whether present or not,  to wit conspiracy to encourage and induce aliens to come to, enter, or reside in the United States for commercial advantage or private gain in violation of 8 USC §§1324(a)(1)(A)(v)(I) and (B)(i); money laundering conspiracy in violation of 18 USC § 1956(h); and Forced Labor and Attempted Forced Labor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589(a) and 1594(a);

c.) Woburn License Commission Rules & Regulations Section H, 26: The owner and/or manager of record shall be fully responsible for any violations or infractions of the law, these rules and regulations and disorders or disturbances of any kind which take place on the Licensed Premises whether or not they are present, including the actions of employees and/or entertainers, to wit conspiracy to encourage and induce aliens to come to, enter, or reside in the United States for commercial advantage or private gain in violation of 8 USC §§1324(a)(1)(A)(v)(I) and (B)(i); money laundering conspiracy in violation of 18 USC § 1956(h); and Forced Labor and Attempted Forced Labor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589(a) and 1594(a);

d.) Woburn License Commission Rules & Regulations Section H, 27: All licenses are subject to suspension, revocation or forfeiture for breach of any of its conditions, regulations or any law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and/or the City of Woburn, to wit conspiracy to encourage and induce aliens to come to, enter, or reside in the United States for commercial advantage or private gain in violation of 8 USC §§1324(a)(1)(A)(v)(I) and (B)(i); money laundering conspiracy in violation of 18 USC § 1956(h); and Forced Labor and Attempted Forced Labor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589(a) and 1594(a);

e.) L. c.138, Sec. 26 – operating licensed premises without an approved manager, to wit: allowing Hugo Moraes to serve as the de facto manager of the Licensee without approval of Woburn License Commission;

f.) 204 CMR 2.01 (8) all applications shall be made under the penalties of perjury and any false statements contained in any application shall be a cause for suspending, cancelling or revoking a license or permit already granted, to wit, Hudson Moreas falsely averred that he would serve as Manager of the Licensee and be present on the licensed premises 40 hours per week; and

g.) Woburn License Commission Rules & Regulations Section J, 2: If the employment of the manager is terminated by the Licensee, or if the manager is replaced, transferred, or for other reason due to action by the Licensee is no longer serving as manager, the Licensee must file an application for change of manager at least two (2) weeks before the action is taken by the Licensee. Approval must be obtained prior to changing the manager, to wit: allowing Hugo Moraes to serve as the de facto manager of the Licensee without approval of Woburn License Commission.

Date and Time of Alleged Violations: various diverse dates between July 2016-October 2022, including October 4, 2022, with respect to items a-d; various diverse dates between February 24, 2024 to the present with respect to items e-g.

Authority to conduct this hearing is set forth in M.G.L. Chapter 138 Section 64. After the hearing, the License Commission may vote to suspend, modify, revoke or cancel your license if it finds that there is satisfactory proof that violations have occurred.  You may appear on your own behalf and/or with your legal counsel and present witness testimony and evidence. Reports, if any, concerning the violations charged may be examined and copied at the Commission’s office.

Gordon Vincent

Clerk of the License Commission

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