Tag: FBI
U.S. News: Providence metro area 86th-best place to live in nation
PROVIDENCE – The capital city ranks No. 86 on U.S. News and World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Places to Live list released on Tuesday.
The report...
AG: Guardsman from Dighton to be charged with removing classified info
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Massachusetts Air National Guard member who has emerged as a main person of interest in the disclosure of highly classified...
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...
Report: FBI searching Providence catalytic converter recycling company
PROVIDENCE – The FBI executed a court-approved search Thursday at a city business that specializes in catalytic converter recycling, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported.
Kristen Setera,...
Cannabis arrest practices must be overhauled
More than 300,000 people were arrested for cannabis possession in 2020, FBI records show. Meanwhile, the drug is being legally sold for a profit...
North Kingstown man arrested for role in Jan. 6 breach at...
PROVIDENCE – A North Kingstown man was arrested and charged Wednesday for his role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,...
Seafood and meat fraudster gets 10 years in federal prison
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island man convicted of cheating food distributors out of more than $800,000 worth of seafood delicacies and prime...
Woonsocket condo manager indicted for fraud
PROVIDENCE – Cheryl S. Sullivan, property manager of a Woonsocket condominium community, was arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Providence on five counts...
Demand rises for insurance coverage against social engineering fraud
Imagine wiring money to a bank account at the request of an urgent voice message or an email from your company’s CEO, only to...
Feds charge 15 with combined $578K in unemployment fraud
PROVIDENCE – Federal prosecutors announced charges against 15 individuals Thursday related to alleged fraudulent unemployment claims filed in Rhode Island and other states.
The defendants...
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