WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: The Attorneys General of Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington and West Virginia today joined a civil antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division along with the Attorneys General of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Virginia, against Google for monopolizing m  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: A 39-year-old Burrillville man who falsely claimed on federal documents that he was not an unlawful user of controlled substances, including cocaine, when he purchased and possessed more than 200 firearms and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison, announced United States   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release: An East Providence businesswoman who allegedly arranged for eight Columbian Vallenato musicians to obtain work visas to enter the United States, purportedly to work in the performing arts industry, has been charged in federal court with visa fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. It is alleged in document  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: The United States Attorney's Office has reached an agreement with Paul S. Koch, M.D., the former owner of a chain of Rhode Island ophthalmology practices that bear his name, to resolve civil allegations that Koch paid kickbacks to optometrists who referred patients to him and his practice for cataract surgeries, announced United States   more