Tag: U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island
British national sentenced 4 years for role in construction scheme
PROVIDENCE – A British national from Northern Ireland has been sentenced to four years in prison after admitting that he participated in a multistate...
Former U.S. Attorney for R.I. Cunha joins Nixon Peabody
PROVIDENCE – Weeks after stepping down as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha has started a new...
2 R.I. men arrested in multimillion-dollar retail theft crime ring probe
PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island men have been arrested and charged with taking part in an organized retail theft crime ring that targeted retailers...
Providence VA benefits worker indicted for bribery, extortion, witness tampering
PROVIDENCE – A benefits-service representative with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been indicted on three counts of bribery and one count each...
Final defendant in fake military gear scheme gets 2 years
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The third and final defendant in an illegal scheme to supply $20 million worth of substandard counterfeit clothing and gear made...
Former N.K. basketball coach Thomas charged with sexual assault, child molestation
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Aaron Thomas, the former longtime North Kingstown High School boys’ basketball coach who has been accused of conducting body fat tests...
Woman to plead guilty to federal stolen valor charges
PROVIDENCE – Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, a Warwick woman who was charged back in March by the U.S. Attorney’s office for allegedly fraudulently claiming to...
CVS settles COVID-19 vaccine registration portal claims
PROVIDENCE – CVS Pharmacy Inc. has reached a settlement over allegations its COVID-19 vaccine registration portal was not accessible to people with disabilities, the...
State education official review of ‘body fat’ scandal sought
NORTH KINGSTOWN (AP) – Former student-athletes in Rhode Island who say they were forced to strip naked for “body fat tests” by their high...
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