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UpdatedMon, Apr 19, 2021 at 1:37 pm ET Reply A Providence man allegedly harvested multiple Social Security numbers, gained CARES Act unemployment out of Pennsylvania, and used Rhode Island ATMs to withdraw the funds. (Shutterstock) PROVIDENCE, RI — A Rhode Island man who called himself "Mr. Vacation" has been indicted on charges that he stole Social Security numbers to apply for CARES Act unemployment funds in Pennsylvania and for Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA. A federal grand ...

Between December 2019 and February 2020, eight people were scammed out of a total of $74,000, according to the indictment. A woman in Cranston was hit twice in the same day for $17,000 in February of 2020, according to the indictment. She was told that her grandson had gotten into a fight and would be in jail for seven months if she didnt pay the money. They also tried a third time. The U.S. Attorney gave the following account of an incident where investigators caught up to the men: "According ...

Monday, March 08, 2021   View Larger + A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging two Providence men with allegedly running a so-called “grandparent scam” in two states, fraudulently obtaining or attempting to obtain thousands of dollars in cash from at least nine elderly victims by claiming the money was needed immediately to assist a relative, typically the victim’s grandchild or child, who had purportedly been arrested or jailed. About Scam It is alleged in the indictmen...

The two men alleged defrauded victims in Tiverton and Portsmouth, among other communities.

Two Providence men accused of scamming senior citizens in Northborough and Shrewsbury, among other communities, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Providence charging them with running a so-called “grandparent scam” in two states.

 for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. During the investigation, prosecutors labeled Pollok "a victim, a victim, a victim — up until they want to charge her," her aunt, Liz Jeffrey, told the Times. Times. "It is all under duress. She has been under his spell for 10 years." In the New York magazine story, Pollok talked about how Ray helped her through a tough period of her life. "Im 19, I was having a lot of difficulty making sense of thin...

Reply North Providence auto dealer and salvager Carlo Fakhri shipped vehicles to Lebanon without federal authorization, prosecutors said. (Google Map Image) A North Providence businessman who operates an auto sales and salvage company was arraigned Wednesday in federal court on charges that he smuggled 19 vehicles from the U.S. to Lebanon. Carlo Fakhri, 50, of Fall River, appeared in U.S. District Court in Providence and pleaded not guilty to 19 counts of smuggling and 11 counts of submitting...

In April 2017, The New York Times published an Op-Ed by “Palestinian leader and parliamentarian” Marwan Barghouti who wrote that he was serving multiple life sentences after being subjected to “a political show trial.” Liz Spayd, The Times’ public editor at the time, rebuked her paper for failing to disclose to that an Israeli court convicted Barghouti for five counts of premeditated murder and membership in a terror organization (“An Op-Ed Author Omits His Crimes, and The Times D...

Rioter Who Helped Drag Officer Down U.S. Capitol Steps Tried to Flee to Switzerland: Feds Adam Klasfeld © Provided by Law & Crime Outgoing President Donald Trump delivers a speech on Jan. 6, shortly before his mob of supporters ran riot inside the U.S. Capitol. A man who helped drag a police officer down the U.S. Capitol steps tried to flee to Switzerland after the day of the siege and then, in what authorities called a different type of flight effort, attempted suicide, prose...

Capitol Rioter Charged After Texting Selfie to Girlfriends Brother at State Department On 1/19/21 at 10:53 PM EST Thomas Fee, a retired New York City firefighter, surrendered to authorities Tuesday after he sent video evidence of his participation in the Capitol riot to a State Department agent. After President Donald Trump gave remarks at a Stop the Steal rally in Washington, D.C., his supporters descended upon the U.S. Capitol building. Members of Congress were certifying President-elect Joe ...