Tag: Justice
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...
Woman who collected donations for false cancer claim ordered to repay...
PROVIDENCE – Alicia Pierini, 39, of Woonsocket, was ordered to repay nearly $27,000 to family members, friends and GoFundMe after she falsely claimed she...
Pelino pleads to wage theft and check fraud, must repay former...
PROVIDENCE – A former Warwick business owner pleaded on Sept. 9 in Providence County Superior Court to wage theft and check fraud charges after...
