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State of Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha ,

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Providence woman ordered to repay over $84,100 after being sentenced for Medicaid fraud

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that on December 3, a Providence woman was ordered to pay $84,106.25 in restitution to her former employer after being sentenced in Providence County Superior Court for Medicaid fraud charges. The charges stem from her role in a scheme to divert Medicaid funds into personal bank accounts owned and controlled by her and several co-defendants. ...

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RIAG and RIDOH to hold virtual meeting for public comment on proposed hospital conversion, Thursday December 10

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General (RIAG) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) have received the initial applications for a hospital conversion filed by Chamber Inc.; Ivy Holdings Inc.; Ivy Intermediate Holdings, Inc.; Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.; Prospect East Holdings, Inc.; Prospect East Hospital Advisory Services, LLC; Prospect CharterCARE, LLC; Prospect CharterCARE SJHSRI, LLC; Prospect CharterCARE RWMC, LLC. ...

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Statewide Grand Jury returns indictment charging former Woonsocket priest with multiple counts of child molestation

​​​​​​​An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that on November 2, 2020, the Statewide Grand Jury returned an indictment charging John Petrocelli with three counts of first-degree child molestation and nine counts of second-degree child molestation. ...

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Former Warwick business owner pleads to wage theft and check fraud charges

​​​​​​​PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a former Warwick business owner pleaded yesterday in Providence County Superior Court to wage theft and check fraud charges stemming from his failure to pay over $7,000 in wages to three former employees of Bright Sky Solar, LLC in 2018. ...

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Attorney General charges former owner of cleaning company with wage theft and workers’ compensation insurance fraud

​​​​​​​PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that his Office has charged Marcello Pompa (age 37, Saugus, MA), owner of M&M Cleaning of MA, LLC (M&M Cleaning), with wage theft; failing to maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage; and workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud. The charges stem from Pompa’s actions as the contractor for cleaning services at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) between 2017 and 2019. ...

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Warrants issued for owners of a Texas-based construction company accused of wage theft from their employees

Warrants have been issued for the co-owners of a Texas-based construction company after they failed to appear for their arraignment in Sixth Division District Court on charges stemming from alleged wage theft from their employees. Warrants for Obed Rodriguez (age 43) and Irene Rodriguez (age 39), the owners of JJC Remodeling LLC, based in Dallas, Texas, were issued by District Court Judge Elaine T. Bucci on February 26, 2020. The pair face multiple charges related to the alleged wage theft from their employees after an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General and the joint efforts of the Department of Labor and Training (DLT). ...

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Six defendants sentenced in connection with Providence nightclub homicide

Remaining two defendants indicted by grand jury Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that six of the eight defendants charged in connection to the June 30, 2019 homicide of Stephen Cabral pleaded guilty in Providence County Superior Court and were sentenced on December 27, 2019, January 2, 2020, and January 9, 2020. Superior Court Magistrate Richard Raspallo sentenced defendants accordingly: ...

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