Tag: federal prison
Former used car dealer sentenced 5 years for bank fraud
PROVIDENCE – A former Massachusetts used car dealer was sentenced to five years in federal prison for leading a scheme that defrauded financial institutions...
Providence man sentenced 30 months for robbing 5 banks
PROVIDENCE – A city man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for robbing five banks across the state over five weeks in...
Former Santander Bank employee admits role in bank fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – A former Santander Bank employee pleaded guilty to her role in a scheme to create fraudulent personal and business checks, U.S. Attorney...
Woonsocket building arsonist gets 5 years in federal prison
WOONSOCKET – A man indicted in December 2019 on a charge of arson for allegedly breaking into a mill-type building and setting fires in...
N.Y. man sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for scamming...
PROVIDENCE – A New York man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for his role in scamming 14 elderly Rhode Island residents out...
Woonsocket man to serve 2 years in prison for illegal firearm...
WOONSOCKET – A city man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in an illegal firearm trafficking scheme, R.I. Attorney...
4 sentenced in check-cashing scheme exploiting R.I. homeless people
PROVIDENCE – Four Georgia men were sentenced to federal prison for running a scheme in which homeless and transient individuals found around the city...
R.I. man sentenced for role in email fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – A 33-year-old Warwick man previously convicted for operating an illegal money transmitting business, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to one year...
Ex-mayor reports to prison after losing latest bid for delay
FALL RIVER (AP) – A former Massachusetts mayor convicted of corruption charges has reported to federal prison after a judge rejected his latest request...
Pawtucket woman sentenced to 2 years in prison for embezzling scheme
PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket woman was sentenced to two years in federal prison for her her scheme to defraud her employer, an auto body...
