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R.I. Senior Medicare Patrol recognizes Medicare Fraud Prevention Week

CRANSTON – Fraud costs Medicare about $60 billion a year and burdens beneficiaries with stress, time constraints, and threats to their medical identity and...

Eight individuals indicted in transnational fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims

PROVIDENCE – Eight people have been indicted by the U.S. District Court on fraud charges, after allegedly operating a transnational fraud scheme that targeted...

R.I. immigration lawyer, former judge accused of misconduct

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island immigration attorney and former judge is being accused of professional misconduct after allegedly defrauding 10 clients out of thousands...

Navigant’s Community Shred Event recycles 22K pounds of documents

SMITHFIELD – Navigant Credit Union shredded and recycled more than 22,000 pounds of sensitive documents on May 10 at its second Rhode Island Community...

EBT card-skimming scheme defrauds Rhode Island SNAP recipients out of $500K

CRANSTON – Roughly 1,800 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit recipients throughout Rhode Island were defrauded out of a total of $500,000 after their EBT...

Pawtucket resident convicted of running international money laundering scheme

PROVIDENCE – A Ghanaian national residing in Pawtucket has been convicted for running an international money laundering scheme, U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Zachary...

Federal regulator sues BofA, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo over Zelle payment network...

PROVIDENCE – A federal agency is suing JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Wells Fargo Bank N.A. and Bank of America N.A., accusing the banks of...

PBN’s most-read stories of 2024

From high-profile corporate layoffs to controversial real estate sales, fallout from the Washington Bridge shutdown and organization leadership shakeups, the top stories of 2024...

Providence man pleads guilty to role in 3 fraud schemes

PROVIDENCE – A city resident faces two counts of wire fraud and one of theft of public funds and money laundering after admitting to...
FOUR OF the six people charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to install skimming devices on bank ATMs and in retail stores are scheduled to appear before a U.S. magistrate judge in Rhode Island Tuesday.

Suspects in national skimming conspiracy to appear before judge in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Four foreign nationals are scheduled to appear before a U.S. magistrate judge in Rhode Island for their roles in a national skimming...
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