A federal indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court on Thursday that charges five individuals with allegedly participating in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy involving numerous packages containing kilogram quantities of cocaine shipped from Pue
October 12, 2021 For the second time in one week, a defendant has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, to a significant term of incarceration in federal prison for defrauding or attempting to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.
The Office of United States Attorney General for the District of RI announced on Tuesday that for the second time in one week, a defendant has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence, Rhode Island to a "significant term of incarceration in fed
Providence A Woonsocket man with a lengthy Rhode Island state and federal criminal record and a history of violating conditions of his probation and supervised release was sentenced today to four year in federal prison for laundering as much as $500,000 in proceeds from the trafficking of marijuana in the Woonsocket area; the marijuana was obtained from a west coast-based drug trafficking organization.
Kyle S. Minot previously admitted to the court that he employed at least five individuals to deposit the proceeds of dozens of drug sales into feeder bank accounts, representing payment he owed his marijuana suppliers, a California-based drug trafficking organization. Feeder accounts, held in fictious names, conceal the origin and ownership of the money. Each deposit was kept to just under $10,000 to avoid bank reporting laws. The proceeds were withdrawn from the accounts by members of the drug trafficking organization in California.