Tag: U.S. District Court
Woonsocket building arsonist gets 5 years in federal prison
WOONSOCKET – A man indicted in December 2019 on a charge of arson for allegedly breaking into a mill-type building and setting fires in...
N.Y. man sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for scamming...
PROVIDENCE – A New York man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for his role in scamming 14 elderly Rhode Island residents out...
McKee administration formally appeals ruling against truck tolls
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's administration on Wednesday filed a formal notice that it is appealing a federal judge's order to shut down...
Wholesaler sentenced in conspiracy to sell military and government counterfeit goods
PROVIDENCE – Ramin Kohanbash of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison Wednesday for his role related to the selling of...
R.I. man sentenced for role in email fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – A 33-year-old Warwick man previously convicted for operating an illegal money transmitting business, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to one year...
SHADES OF GREEN: Can Providence’s working waterfront be both livable and...
Owning a home near the water isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. At least not for Linda Perri, who lives a mile west...
West Warwick man indicted in unemployment fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – A West Warwick man has been indicted in an alleged conspiracy to fraudulently apply for COVID-related unemployment funds.
Richard Allen, 56, pleaded not...
Man sentenced in check-cashing scheme that used R.I. homeless people
PROVIDENCE – A Georgia man was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for fraudulently seeking to cash $677,687 worth of counterfeit checks throughout...
Former accounts payable clerk admits to $300K wire fraud
PROVIDENCE - Grant Devillez, a former accounts payable clerk at a small city business, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire fraud Monday at...
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...
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