Tag: Peter F. Neronha
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...
OHIC approves 2021 health insurance rates; AG Neronha slams rate increases
CRANSTON – The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner released its approved health insurance premium rates for 2021 Friday, saying it has saved...
Burrillville woman pleads to falsely obtaining $16K in SNAP benefits
PROVIDENCE – A Burrillville woman received a five-year deferred sentence and was ordered to repay $16,402 to the state after she pleaded no contest...
Neronha files objection to individual-market health insurance rate requests
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has filed objections with the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner related to rate-increase requests...
Johnston metal shredding company to pay $875K for alleged air pollution...
PROVIDENCE – SMM New England Corp., doing business as SIMS Metal Management, has been fined $875,000 for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act, Attorney...
AG’s office updates protocol on police use-of-force reviews
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued an updated protocol for his office’s review of use of force by law enforcement, his...
Neronha offers guidance on stimulus debit cards
PROVIDENCE – Amid a mailbox full of credit card offers and scams could be your federal stimulus money.
In addition to direct deposits and mailed...
R.I. AG, Treasurer’s offices launch new website to protect student-loan borrowers
PROVIDENCE – Nearly a year after the Student Loan Bill of Rights was passed in Rhode Island, the R.I. Office of the General Treasurer...
Neronha warns debt collectors against seizing stimulus checks
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha in a statement warned debt collectors, creditors and financial institutions against seizing stimulus payments distributed under...
Neronha says police can charge landlords who evict tenants
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island's attorney general says police can file criminal charges against landlords who wrongfully evict tenants during the coronavirus pandemic.
The attorney...
















