Tag: Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office for District of R.I. collects $3.3M during FY...
PROVIDENCE – The District of Rhode Island collected more than $3.3 million in criminal and civil actions during the 2019 fiscal year, U.S. Attorney...
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...
CDE, Winsor Hill Hauling owners sentenced for telling employees to falsify...
PROVIDENCE – The owners of two former trucking companies that carried waste and scrap metal through Rhode Island and Massachusetts were each sentenced to...
Did the Sackler family take money out of Purdue Pharma for...
When Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 15, it was in no small measure to blunt the effects of the more then...
Purdue opioid deal may be worth less than drugmaker promised
WILMINGTON, Del. – Purdue Pharma LP’s deal to escape thousands of lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis may be provide less than...
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...
CVS is Purdue’s largest listed creditor
NEW YORK – Purdue Pharma LP told a bankruptcy court it owes almost $100 million to pharmacy-benefit managers, drug distributors and state health departments in...
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy to wipe out 2,000...
WILMINGTON, Del. – Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy with a more than $10 billion plan to settle claims that it fueled the U.S....
Fall River’s Correia now faces charges of extortion of marijuana dispensaries
FALL RIVER – Fall River Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II has been charged with a slew of new allegations from federal prosecutors that claim...
Toys R Us wind-down entity sues DLT for self-insurance funds
PROVIDENCE – The wind-down entity of Toys R Us-Delaware Inc. has sued the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, according to federal court documents...
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