R.I. U.S. Attorney: Providence Resident Sentenced For Pandemic-Related Benefits Fraud, Aggravated ID Theft
March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023:
A Providence man who, with others, fraudulently applied for over $90,000 in pandemic-relief unemployment benefits, and who actually received over $30,000 of those benefits, some of which he boasted that he used to purchase firearms, an iPhone and marijuana, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, announced United S . . .
A Providence man who, with others, fraudulently applied for over $90,000 in pandemic-relief unemployment benefits, and who actually received over $30,000 of those benefits, some of which he boasted that he used to purchase firearms, an iPhone and marijuana, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, announced United S . . .