Tag: U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha
East Greenwich woman sentenced to 70 months in stolen valor case
PROVIDENCE – An East Greenwich woman who admitted to fraudulently claiming to be a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with lung cancer who falsely accepted...
Prosecutors press forward after uncovering $8.9M in COVID-19 relief fraud across...
PROVIDENCE – It started with a phone call to a local police department. A resident warned that two local businessmen had applied for federal...
Texas man admits role in scamming $1.6M from R.I. woman and...
PROVIDENCE – A Texas man has pleaded guilty to his role in an online romance scam in which elderly women – including a Rhode...
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...
3 men plead guilty to scamming R.I. seniors out of $350K
PROVIDENCE – Three men pleaded guilty to scamming 14 elderly Rhode Island residents out of more than $350,000, U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha said...
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...
Providence man pleads guilty to unemployment fraud
PROVIDENCE – A city man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for submitting fraudulent online applications seeking pandemic-related unemployment benefits from eight states, while...
Business executive to admit to failing to turn over $1M in...
PROVIDENCE – A vice president of two city businesses has agreed to plead guilty to failing to turn over more than $1 million in...
Providence man pleads guilty to defrauding food suppliers of $832K
PROVIDENCE – A city man on Friday pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud and assault of a federal officer after police say...
R.I. crime lab gets $297K to curb gun backlog
PROVIDENCE – The Justice Department on Monday awarded a $297,000 Project Safe Neighborhoods grant to the R.I. State Crime Laboratory to reduce a backlog...
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