GoLocalProv | NEW: Four Charged in Scheme Using and Threatening Homeless Individuals in RI to Cash Bogus Checks
The Office of the U.S Attorney for RI announced the charges on Thursday. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Rhode Island announced Thursday that four men from the Atlanta, Georgia area were charged in federal court in Providence for allegedly operating a long-running scheme in which homeless and transient individuals from the Providence area were recruited to cash counterfeit business checks in exchange for a cash payment. About Scheme It is alleged in court documents that homeless individuals enlisted by the Georgia men were driven to financial institutions in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Co...
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