Tag: fraud
DHS warns of increase in fraudulent activity targeting SNAP, RI Works...
PROVIDENCE – Fraudulent activity targeting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Rhode Island Works benefit recipients is on the rise, the R.I. Department of Human...
Texas man admits role in scamming $1.6M from R.I. woman and...
PROVIDENCE – A Texas man has pleaded guilty to his role in an online romance scam in which elderly women – including a Rhode...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, Dec. 2022
1. Wickford Gourmet owners retiring: ‘We can’t do it anymore’ POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 28 Joe and Donna Dubé, owners of Wickford Gourmet Factory Outlet in North...
Former office manager, son charged in scheme to defraud Pawtucket dermatologist
PAWTUCKET – A former office manager for a dermatologist’s office and her son face federal charges in connection of defrauding the practice of $490,000,...
New Bedford man charged with embezzling $1M from Warwick company
PROVIDENCE – A New Bedford man faces charges of embezzling more than $1 million from a Warwick supplier of precision tubing and fabricated metal...
Nurse admits to $4.4M health care fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner who fraudulently billed commercial health insurers and Medicare nearly $4.4 million for services in Rhode Island...
Fraud, scam cases increasing on Zelle, Senate report finds
NEW YORK (AP) – Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle, according to a report...
Woonsocket businessman sentenced for defrauding IRS of $2.8M
PROVIDENCE – A Woonsocket business owner was sentenced Thursday to probation and jail time his role in defrauding the IRS of $2.8 million, U.S....
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...
R.I. man sentenced to 5 years for COVID-relief fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for using stolen personal identification to defraud banks while fraudulently...
