Tag: Justice
Central Falls man pleads guilty in check-washing bank fraud
PROVIDENCE – A Central Falls man on Monday pleaded guilty to a charge of bank fraud conspiracy in federal court, admitting that he deposited...
Ex-CEO of recovery center sentenced to 8 years in prison
PROVIDENCE – The former CEO of a now defunct addiction treatment organization has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for...
Government funding bill advances as Senate works to beat midnight shutdown...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate is laboring to approve a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a...
Wholesaler sentenced in conspiracy to sell military and government counterfeit goods
PROVIDENCE – Ramin Kohanbash of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison Wednesday for his role related to the selling of...
Man pleads guilty to breaking in, setting fires inside Woonsocket business
PROVIDENCE – A man who was federally indicted in December 2019 on a charge of arson for allegedly breaking into a Woonsocket manufacturing plant...
Pawtucket woman sentenced to 2 years in prison for embezzling scheme
PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket woman was sentenced to two years in federal prison for her her scheme to defraud her employer, an auto body...
R.I. man sentenced in money laundering email compromise scheme
PROVIDENCE – Sayon Balogun, a Rhode Island man who is a dual citizen of the United States and Nigeria, was sentenced on Dec. 4...
Telemarketer sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading to wire...
PROVIDENCE – Chirag Sachdeva, an Indian national, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for his participation in a wire fraud scheme to...
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...
Two R.I. residents ordered to repay $15K in fraudulently obtained unemployment...
PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island residents have been ordered to repay $15,371 to the state after pleading guilty to fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits...
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