Tag: Justice
Civil case against ‘Codfather’ settled for $3 million and a divestiture...
NEW BEDFORD – The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it had settled the federal civil case against Carlos Rafael and his fishing...
East Providence automobile transport company owner charged with fraud, tax evasion,...
PROVIDENCE – Michael Chaves, owner of CAT Inc., an automobile transport company in East Providence, was charged with fraud, identity theft, tax evasion and...
It should not have taken two years to remove Aponte from...
What is most amazing is not that former Providence City Council President Luis A. Aponte pleaded no contest to a felony count of embezzlement...
Why did it take so long for former Providence City Councilman...
In May 2017, former Providence City Councilman Luis A. Aponte was indicted for misuse and embezzlement of campaign funds. Soon after he resigned as...
Aponte pleads no contest to embezzlement, steps down from City Council
PROVIDENCE – Former City Council President Luis Aponte pleaded nolo contendere to a felony count of embezzlement in R.I. Superior Court, Attorney General Peter...
R.I. to receive $1M in Equifax data breach settlement
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $1 million as part of a settlement with Equifax Inc., following an investigation into a massive data breach...
Former U.S. House candidate sentenced to 3 years, ordered to pay...
PROVIDENCE – Harold R. Taub of Cranston was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison and was ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution...
A.G.’s office and State Police get access to child sex abuse...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence to gain access...
Freedom Debt Relief agrees to pay $20M in restitution to settle...
PROVIDENCE – The nation’s largest debt settlement services provider, Freedom Debt Relief LLC, has agreed to pay $20 million in restitution to affected consumers...
PBN on WJAR-TV, July 15, 2019
States line up to sue opioid makers, but there’s no guarantee of a windfall or agreement on how to spend one.
Every week, PBN Editor...