Tag: U.S. Department of Justice
R.I. U.S. Attorney Weisman submits resignation to Biden
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Aaron L. Weisman has submitted a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden, the...
Local businessman charged with smuggling cars out of U.S., pleads not...
PROVIDENCE – A local business owner was indicted on charges that he filed false export information to the U.S. Department of Commerce to smuggle...
Ex-federal employee admits to collecting fraudulent disability benefits
PROVIDENCE – A former federal air marshal has admitted in federal court that he concealed his self-employment and his role in a Middletown-based martial...
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....
Sojourner House receives $550K grant to house assault victims
PROVIDENCE – Sojourner House Inc. has received a $550,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to help fund...
DOJ: Warwick man to plead guilty to attempted PPP fraud
PROVIDENCE – In May, two businessmen from Rhode Island and Massachusetts were named by federal prosecutors as the first in the country to be...
Five R.I. residents charged with laundering money from Nigeria-based fraud schemes
PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island residents are among six people charged by a federal grand jury with laundering millions of dollars gained through multifaceted...
Sojourner House receives $500K grant to aid human trafficking victims
PROVIDENCE – The state has received a $499,998 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and its component, the Office...
Narragansett Police Department receives $100K community policing grant
PROVIDENCE – The Narragansett Police Department has received a $99,993 Community Policing Development Microgrant Program grant, U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island...
URI professor developing abuse-reporting app to help people with intellectual disabilities
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island assistant professor is working with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and local organizations in creating an app...
