U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha announced Friday that the District of Rhode Island collected $6,952,328.06 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, $3,275,794.48 was collected in criminal actions and $3,676,533.58 was collected in
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Bienvenido “Alex” Peralta Martinez, a Central Falls resident pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence to charges he defrauded numerous people who had recently immigrated from the Dominican Republic by pocketing fees he told them that they had to pay when submitting their naturalization applications.
In January of 2018, GoLocal unveiled the scheme. A multiple-month investigation by GoLocal tracked the enterprise that had tied Peralta Martinez to a NY-businessman barred from representing immigrants.
On Wednesday the U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island said in a statement that Peralta Martinez admitted he knew that their fees were waived but lied to his victims to take their money. GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST