Tag: FBI
URI coach among parents, school officials charged in vast college-entrance scheme
NEW YORK – Parents, coaches and test administrators were among 46 people charged Tuesday in a sweeping criminal conspiracy that sought to help applicants...
URI to end partnership with Confucius Institute
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island is ending its partnership with the Chinese-funded Confucius Institute after the FBI expressed concerns the international...
Former Neurology Foundation employee admits to extortion following termination
PROVIDENCE - Randy Lutz, a former employee of the Neurology Foundation, a nonprofit physicians group associated with Brown Medical School, has admitted to attempted...
Fall River mayor arrested in FBI investigation
FALL RIVER – Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II has been arrested on charges that he defrauded investors and used funds to pay for a...
Doyle pleads guilty to bank fraud, tax crimes
PROVIDENCE – Little more than a month after being charged by the federal government with 31 counts of bank fraud and one count each...
FBI: R.I. violent crime rate declines 2.9% Y/Y in 2017
PROVIDENCE – The violent crime rate in Rhode Island declined 2.9 percent from 2016 to 2017, from 239.1 per 100,000 people to 232.2 per...
Body donors aid research, medical training in private, public sector
Donating one’s body to science can be arranged through learning institutions for some, but is much more accessible through private, for-profit “body brokers,” each...
Banks beef up security after FBI warning on ATM ‘jackpotting’
NEW YORK - Banks are on alert for new attacks targeting cash in ATMs after the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned U.S. lenders last...
Dr. Pepper sales executive pleads guilty to charges of fraud, tax...
PROVIDENCE - A national sales executive for Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc., a subsidiary of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., pleaded guilty to charges of fraud...
GOP releases disputed memo saying FBI misled judge in Trump case
WASHINGTON – FBI and Justice Department officials got a warrant to spy on a Trump campaign associate by misleading a surveillance court judge, House...
