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PROVIDENCE  — A federal jury has found Justin Duffer, 36, guilty of attempted sex trafficking of a child, following a

Today, the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division along with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the SBA Office of

PROVIDENCE – A federal grand jury in Providence returned separate indictments today charging two men with illegally reentering the United

PROVIDENCE – A federal grand jury has returned a five-count indictment charging former Barrington Christian Academy teacher and athletics coach

A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a 2022 cockfighting operation

Providence — A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a 2022

PROVIDENCE – A Georgia man has been sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a wide‑ranging

PROVIDENCE – A California man who made hundreds of obscene, harassing, and threatening telephone calls to women in Rhode Island,

PROVIDENCE – A Jamaican national residing in Georgia has been sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for his role

PROVIDENCE – Two members of a multi-jurisdictional conspiracy who helped orchestrate a transnational fraud and money laundering scheme that targeted

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island Department of Human Services (RI-DHS) supervisor has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges stemming

PROVIDENCE – On August 4, 2026, a federal criminal complaint was filed charging Michael Gallo , age 33, of Cranston,

PROVIDENCE – A Providence man who worked as a drug runner for a transnational narcotics trafficking organization pleaded guilty today

PROVIDENCE, R.I . – First Assistant United States Attorney Charles C. Calenda and Thomas A. Greco, Special Agent in Charge

PROVIDENCE – On July 30, 2026, a Rhode Island woman pleaded guilty in federal court to operating an unlicensed money

PROVIDENCE –Three U.S. Postal Service employees pleaded guilty today in federal court in Rhode Island for their roles in a

A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a 2022 cockfighting operation in

PROVIDENCE – A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a 2022 cockfighting

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded $1,121,422 to the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety through the

PROVIDENCE – Two Dominican nationals were sentenced on July 9, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island for fraud

PROVIDENCE – A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island today to attempted enticement, interstate travel, and

PROVIDENCE- Alibaba Group Holding Limited (Alibaba) — one of China’s largest companies — and its U.S.-based payment processor, AUS Merchant

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Newport man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island to federal charges of

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