U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island
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A Rhode Island businesswoman has been sentenced to two years of probation for failing to pay employee payroll taxes to the IRS.
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A federal criminal complaint has been unsealed in the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, charging a California man as part of an ongoing investigation into numerous obscene and threatening phone calls made to women in Rhode Island,...
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A clinical social worker, Mi Ok Song Bruining, has been sentenced to three years of supervised release following her guilty plea in a health care fraud scheme.
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A Venezuelan national, Edward Antonio Reyes Calderon, has been charged in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island for allegedly assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deportation Officers during his arrest on an immigration warrant.
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A Guatemalan national has admitted guilt in a U.S. District Court in Providence for failing to register as a sex offender and re-entering the United States illegally, according to Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.
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A U.S. Postal Service seasonal employee, Willie Estrella, has been sentenced to three years of federal probation for his involvement in a mail theft scheme during the 2023 holiday season.
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A British national, illegally residing in the United States, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island.
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A Florida man, Joshua Pavao, who often stayed in Coventry, Rhode Island, admitted to possessing illegal firearms.
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A Providence woman has been sentenced for her role in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband into the Wyatt Detention Center.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Sara Miron Bloom has reported that the District of Rhode Island gathered $9,912,376.35 in criminal and civil actions during Fiscal Year 2024.
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A former Rhode Island resident, Carl Sharp, aged 49, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for methamphetamine distribution.
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A Providence man has entered a guilty plea in federal court concerning a fentanyl trafficking charge.
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A Guatemalan national, Marvin Estuardo Morales De Paz, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his involvement in a theft ring.
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A second Romanian national has admitted his involvement in a conspiracy to install card skimming devices on bank ATMs across at least six states, including Rhode Island.
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A Rhode Island woman was convicted by a federal jury for her involvement in an international money laundering scheme.
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Former Rhode Island personal injury attorney Peter P.D. Leach has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for conducting a Ponzi scheme with his clients' settlement funds.