R.I. AG files second challenge against federal behavioral health insurance ruling
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is renewing a multistate effort to challenge limits on insurance coverage for behavioral health and substance...
East Greenwich woman sentenced to 70 months in stolen valor case
PROVIDENCE – An East Greenwich woman who admitted to fraudulently claiming to be a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with lung cancer who falsely accepted...
Local law firm Barlow, Josephs & Holmes Ltd. merges with Hinckley...
PROVIDENCE – One of the oldest law firms in the country has officially merged with one of the largest.
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, which...
2 Brown University basketball players sue Ivy League over no-scholarship policy
PROVIDENCE – Two Brown University basketball players, one former and one current, filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday accusing the eight Ivy League...
Fraudulent contractor ordered to pay $15K in restitution
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island man has been ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution after portraying himself as a contractor despite not having the...
She’s motivated to balance the scales of justice for people of...
(Editor’s note: This is the 31st installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Recovery Connections Centers CEO, employee arrested on federal health care fraud...
PROVIDENCE – Two top officials of a local addiction treatment organization have been taken into custody Thursday on charges of carrying out what federal...
3 sent to prison for scamming older R.I. residents
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Three men have been sent to prison for their roles in a so-called grandparent scam that cheated more than a dozen...
ACLU of Rhode Island challenges state’s interpretation of ‘Mario’s Law’
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. on Friday filed a petition in R.I. Superior Court challenging the state's position...
Cranston man charged with laundering $35M in fraud proceeds
BOSTON – A Rhode Island man was arrested and charged with laundering more than $35 million in fraud proceeds through his accounting and “virtual...