Tag: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island
6 R.I. residents charged in alleged unemployment fraud schemes
PROVIDENCE – A federal grand jury has returned four indictments charging six Rhode Island residents with allegedly executing schemes to defraud unemployment agencies in...
3 charged for allegedly running a ‘grandparent scam’ on elderly R.I....
PROVIDENCE – Three men have been charged with allegedly participating in a “grandparent scam” designed to defraud 11 elderly Rhode Island residents, the U.S....
Brown settles federal allegations it violated disabilities law
PROVIDENCE – Brown University reached a settlement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice that resolves a finding that the...
Leader of interstate equipment theft ring pleads guilty
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The ringleader of a group that stole about $700,000 worth of construction equipment, boats, personal watercraft, all-terrain vehicles and trailers from...
Feds charge 15 with combined $578K in unemployment fraud
PROVIDENCE – Federal prosecutors announced charges against 15 individuals Thursday related to alleged fraudulent unemployment claims filed in Rhode Island and other states.
The defendants...
R.I. man pleads guilty to role in theft of $700K in...
PROVIDENCE – A Providence man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a scheme to steal and sell nearly $700,000 worth of excavators, sport...
Johnston real estate investment company, founder, negotiator indicted on federal charges
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island has announced a grand jury indictment of a Johnston-based real estate investment...
E.P. ice company to plead guilty to violating Clean Air Act
EAST PROVIDENCE – J.P. Lillis Enterprises Inc., doing business as Cape Cod Ice, is set to plead guilty to violating the Clean Air Act,...
Middletown resident pleads guilty to bank fraud, admits seeking $4.7M in...
PROVIDENCE – A Middletown resident has admitted in federal court that he fraudulently sought $4.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loans, the U.S....
Providence chiropractor to plead guilty to health care fraud, misreporting taxes
PROVIDENCE – Chiropractor Eugene Kramer will plead guilty to charges of health care fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island...
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