Tag: fraud
R.I. attorney admits to Ponzi scheme costing clients $250K
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island personal injury lawyer pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion after admitting to conducting Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney...
Mass. regulators investigating Citizens Securities over sale of CBL annuities
PROVIDENCE – A Citizens Financial Group Inc. subsidiary is under investigation by Massachusetts securities regulators regarding its sale of annuities controlled by now-indicted financier...
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....
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