 During the winter of 2016, The Boston Globe reported that the federal government has seated a grand jury to look into Joyce’s conduct.In December 2017, Joyce was indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges he collected over $1 million in bribes and kickbacks that he laundered through his law office and another personal business.Legal experts have expressed doubt over the merit of the charges against Joyce, and many of the governments' allegations were later disproven.