Convicted Felon Sentenced for Possessing Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Pawtucket man convicted in Rhode Island state court in 2007 and in 2009 on drug trafficking charges, and found during a traffic stop by Pawtucket Police in October…
Nurse Practitioner Charged in Alleged $2.3 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner who allegedly billed and received more than $2.3 million dollars from commercial health insurers and Medicaid for services he falsely claimed to have…
Providence Man Charged in Fraud Scheme Targeting Food Suppliers and Local Businesses, Assaulting Federal Agents
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man arrested nine days after he allegedly eluded arrest by ramming federal law enforcement vehicles, nearly running down an FBI agent and task force officer in the…
Rhode Island, Massachusetts Healthcare Provider Resolves Allegations of Discriminatory Practices
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The United States Attorney’s Offices in the Districts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced today that they have reached agreement…
Ringleader of Schemes to Steal and Sell Construction Equipment, Recreation Vehicles Sentenced
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Cranston man who organized and executed schemes to steal and sell nearly $700,000 worth of excavators, sport boats, jet skis, all-terrain vehicles, and trailers from dealerships and marinas…
Providence Man Charged in Schemes to Defraud RI Businesses, MA Foundation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man has been charged in federal court based on allegations that he orchestrated schemes to defraud Rhode Island businesses and a Massachusetts foundation of tens of thousands…
Jamaican Nationals Plead Guilty To Defrauding U.S. Citizens via Lottery Scams
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two Jamaican nationals admitted to a federal court judge in Providence that they participated in lottery scams that defrauded U.S citizens in several states, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts,…
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty in Bank Fraud Scheme Exploiting Homeless in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Georgia man, one of four charged in March with running a scheme in which Providence area homeless and transient individuals were recruited to cash counterfeit business checks in…
Registered Sex Offender Charged with Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A 31-year-old registered sex offender living in Smithfield, RI, who allegedly claimed during Instagram communications with two minor boys in Florida to be 17-years-old, has been ordered detained in…
Three Indicted in Drug Conspiracy as Kidnapping Investigation Continues
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – As U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents, with the assistance of Rhode Island State Police and Pawtucket Police, continue to investigate the alleged kidnapping of a postal carrier on June…
Providence Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who took possession of a package containing more than a kilogram of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico moments after it was delivered by the U.S. Postal…
Operation River Fork Defendant Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Crack Cocaine
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Woonsocket man, one of eighteen individuals arrested during a ten-month Project Safe Neighborhoods drugs and firearms investigation in Woonsocket, Providence, and Cranston in 2020, that resulted in the…
Massachusetts Man Admits to Trading Firearms for Fentanyl in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Franklin, MA, man today admitted to a federal court judge in Rhode Island that on at least four occasions he traveled to Rhode Island and traded a firearm…
Two Detained, Three Kilos of Fentanyl Pills Seized
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two men have been ordered detained in federal custody following a Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force investigation into the trafficking of fentanyl pills that resulted in the seizure…
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