Tag: Justice
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...
$10M Ponzi scheme leader pleads guilty
PROVIDENCE – Monique N. Brady pleaded guilty to charges related to a $10 million Ponzi scheme fraud in U.S. District Court in Providence Thursday,...
General Assembly passes changes to strengthen Hospital Conversion Act
PROVIDENCE – A bill passed by the General Assembly over the weekend amends the Hospital Conversions Act to increase oversight time for hospital conversions...
College intern sentenced to five years for tech-support fraud
PROVIDENCE – Bishwajeet Kumar Jha, 21, a college intern from India who led a “tech support” scheme to defraud elderly individuals of their retirement...
Judge rules in favor of Wells Fargo banker in 38 Studios...
PROVIDENCE – Peter M. Cannava, the lead banker on the bonds for 38 Studios at Wells Fargo, has had claims alleging that he aided...
St. Joseph pension plan $12M settlement with some defendants get preliminary...
PROVIDENCE – A settlement between Stephen Del Sesto, receiver and administrator of the St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island Retirement plan, and CharterCARE...
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