Tag: guilty plea
Inmate admits he tried to smuggle drugs into Wyatt Detention Center
CENTRAL FALLS – A detainee at the Wyatt Detention Center admitted to a federal judge that he participated in a scheme to smuggle contraband...
Campaign worker charged in Matos signature scandal investigation
A 45-year-old Johnston man faces criminal charges in connection with the signature scandal that derailed Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos’s failed congressional campaign last year.
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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...
Johnston beef slaughterhouse admits to violating Federal Meat Inspection Act
PROVIDENCE – A beef slaughterhouse in Johnston admitted to defrauding customers and violating the Federal Meat Inspection Act, U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Zachary...
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...
West Warwick man pleads guilty to running $14M Ponzi scheme
PROVIDENCE – A West Warwick man admitted to conducting a decadelong Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of roughly $6 million, the U.S. Department of...
East Greenwich woman pleads guilty to federal stolen valor charges
PROVIDENCE – An East Greenwich woman admitted to fraudulently claiming to be a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with lung cancer who falsely accepted more...
3 men plead guilty to scamming R.I. seniors out of $350K
PROVIDENCE – Three men pleaded guilty to scamming 14 elderly Rhode Island residents out of more than $350,000, U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha said...
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