Tag: Rhode Island
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…
Luis Alberto De Los Santos, Federal Firearms Charge, Rhode Island 2026
A Dominican national has been sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for unlawful possession of a firearm. Luis Alberto De Los Santos, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose to 12 months and one day imprisonment. De Los Santos pleaded guilty on February 5, 2026, to possession of a firearm…
Carlos Rodriguez, Fentanyl Trafficking, Rhode Island 2026
Carlos Rodriguez, 32, Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Charges PROVIDENCE, R.I. – In a shocking turn of events, Carlos Rodriguez, a 32-year-old Providence man, pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents, Rodriguez was involved in the distribution of fentanyl pills, and the…
Luis Martinez, Firearms and Drug Charges, Rhode Island 2026
Luis Martinez, a 47-year-old Providence man, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island to multiple firearm and drug offenses. Martinez was previously convicted in Rhode Island state courts on felony firearm and drug trafficking charges and was serving a term of state probation at the time of his arrest in this matter on…
Nikola Francis, Tax Evasion, Rhode Island 2026
⏱ 2 min read Nikola Francis, 29, of Bristol, RI, is accused of failing to truthfully account for and pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) while serving as the bookkeeper and administrator for ELJ Inc., a family-owned landscaping business in Bristol, RI, from 2020 through 2025. Francis was responsible for managing…
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…
Felipe Almonte Polanco, SNAP Benefits Fraud, Rhode Island 2026
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – A federal grand jury in Rhode Island has returned a four-count indictment charging Felipe Almonte Polanco, 57, of Providence, with wire fraud, theft of public money, false representation of a Social Security number, and aggravated identity theft related to an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits…
Elizabeth Baldwin, Commodity Fraud, Rhode Island 2007
NEWPORT, RI – Elizabeth Baldwin, of Newport, Rhode Island, has been accused of commodity fraud by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to a complaint filed November 15, 2007. Baldwin allegedly fraudulently solicited over $500,000 from the public to trade commodity futures contracts. The CFTC alleges that from January 2004 through the present,…
Bryan Rafael Gomez, Murder, Rhode Island 2001
⏱ 2 min read A convicted felon linked to a murder in the Dominican Republic was sprung from a Rhode Island jail last week, sparking a heated dispute between US authorities and local law enforcement. Bryan Rafael Gomez, 35, had been serving time for a 2011 conviction in Rhode Island when he filed a habeas…
John H. Cicilline, Corruption, Rhode Island 2013
⏱ 2 min read Acting US Attorney Charles Calenda gets new title, thanks Trump administration and DOJ for support, vows to keep Rhode Islanders safe from harm. Calenda was appointed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, effective today, and becomes the new Special Attorney and First Assistant US Attorney for the District of Rhode Island.…
