Former Providence attorney pleads guilty to fraud, pension theft charges

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OLEG NIKOLYSZYN, a former Providence attorney, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft from an employee benefit pension fund in U.S. District Court Monday. / COURTESY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH
MARK CARLSON, who was vice president of two city businesses, has agreed to plead guilty to failing to turn over more than $1 million in federal employee payroll taxes, according to U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha’s office. /COURTESY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH
PROVIDENCE – A former Providence attorney pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Monday for fraudulently collecting $234,586 in pension funds in the name of a former Providence city employee who was a client of his for 12 years after said employee’s death. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Rhode Island, Oleg Nikolyszyn, 65,…

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