Tag: fraud
State warns of Fla. company perpetrating Rhode Island business scam
PROVIDENCE – A Florida company is using a city address and snail mail to deceive Rhode Island businesses into paying more for services that...
DLT stops payment of $3.2B in fraudulent unemployment claims during pandemic
CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training has stopped an estimated $3.2 billion in unemployment benefits from being paid out to fraudsters...
Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related unemployment programs
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – With the floodgates set to open on another round of unemployment aid, states are being hammered with a new wave...
Providence man must repay nearly $20K in fraudulently obtained UI benefits
PROVIDENCE – City resident Christopher Berarducci has been ordered to repay the state nearly $20,000 after pleading to fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits by...
Fed: ‘Card not present’ fraud tops concerns of regional banks, credit...
PROVIDENCE – In an increasingly digital world, fraud through online and phone transactions has become the top concern for banks and credit unions, according...
Former R.I. law firm employee to plead guilty to federal fraud,...
PROVIDENCE - A former bookkeeper and office manager for a Rhode Island law firm will plead guilty to federal charges of bank fraud, wire...
Former auto transport owner arrested, charged with wire and mail fraud
PROVIDENCE – Michael Chaves, former owner of CAT/Colonial Auto Transport Inc. in East Providence, now defunct, was arrested and charged with wire fraud and...
DLT to increase reach-out efforts due to lawsuit over frozen benefits
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training is taking interim action to notify and review unemployment insurance benefit payments that have been...
Pawtucket man sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for role in...
PROVIDENCE – Shawn Whitfield, of Pawtucket, has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for his role in a Jamaica-based telemarketing scam that was...
Two-decade con yielded $450,000 until feds caught up to them
PROVIDENCE – U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. accepted the guilty pleas of a Rhode Island couple for defrauding the U.S. government...
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