Tag: Providence
Nadine Jean Baptiste, SNAP Fraud, Rhode Island 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Rhode Island Department of Human Services supervisor, Nadine Jean Baptiste, has pleaded guilty to exploiting her position to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Providence, Rhode Island. Between September 2023 and August 2026, Baptiste, 59, of Warwick, accessed and altered the personal information and benefits of SNAP recipients,…
Bukky Olukoga, Money Laundering, Rhode Island 2020
⏱ 2 min read Bukky Olukoga, a 52-year-old Rhode Island woman, pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that moved funds between individuals in the US and foreign countries, including Nigeria and China, from at least February 16, 2020, to April 17, 2022. Olukoga used her company, Grace’s Property Investment LLC, to receive…
Fernando Camacho, Mail Theft, Rhode Island 2026
⏱ 2 min read Three US Postal Service employees, Fernando Camacho, 31, Angel Rivera, 30, and Cyril Murray, 46, pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island for their roles in a mail-theft scheme at the Providence US Mail Processing and Distribution Center. The scheme, which operated between early 2023 and early 2024, involved sorting…
Ronald L. Fischer, First-Degree Sexual Assault, Rhode Island 2005
⏱ 2 min read Ronald L. Fischer, one of Rhode Island’s most wanted fugitives, was caught after more than 20 years on the run. Fischer, who had been evading justice since 2005, was arrested in New York for a sex crime he committed in Rhode Island. The arrest was made possible by a coordinated effort…
Jesus Matos Perez, Medicaid and Wire Fraud, Rhode Island 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jesus Matos Perez, 52, and William Jose Alejandro Arias Amador, 45, two Dominican nationals, were sentenced on July 9, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island for running a decade-long scam that exploited American citizens’ identities to swindle Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and unemployment benefits. The scheme, which…
Kenneth L. Richardson, Medicaid Fraud, Rhode Island 2023
⏱ 2 min read Journey to Hope Health and Healing, an opioid treatment provider in Rhode Island, and its former CEO, Kenneth L. Richardson, Jr., have been caught in a massive Medicaid scam. Between January 2015 to July 2021, the company knowingly submitted false claims to the Rhode Island Medicaid program for millions of dollars…
Felipe Almonte Polanco, SNAP Fraud, Rhode Island 2021
⏱ 2 min read Felipe Almonte Polanco, a 57-year-old Providence, Rhode Island, man, allegedly used stolen identities to fraudulently obtain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Between October 2021 and April 2026, Polanco submitted fake applications in the names of multiple victims, including a deceased individual, and used the benefits cards to make transactions at…
Pedro Marquez Benetiz, Re-entry After Deportation, Rhode Island 2020
⏱ 2 min read A 56-year-old Honduran national, Pedro Marquez Benetiz, is going back to Honduras – at least for now. He slipped back into the US, violating a deportation order from January 2020. Benetiz was busted in June 2025 by law enforcement on a charge of simple assault. ICE caught wind of his presence…
Nelson Reyes Luciano, Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking, Rhode Island 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Dominican national and Rhode Island resident, Nelson Reyes Luciano, 41, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for shipping 10 parcels of cocaine and fentanyl to Rhode Island using mail carriers, authorities revealed. Between February 2022 and March 2022, Luciano, a California resident, sent cocaine and fentanyl worth over…
Juan Carlos Ramirez, Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brazen fentanyl trafficking ring, run by a Providence man and his Mexican supplier, peddled death in the Ocean State. Willys Enrique Santana Ramirez, aka Juan Adorno, 48, admitted to conspiring with his brother-in-law to distribute over 40 grams of the deadly opioid. In exchange for $45,000, Santana Ramirez arranged the…
