December 21, 2020 12:26 pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) – Five India-based telemarketing fraudsters have been convicted in schemes that targeted and defrauded Americans of millions of dollars.
According to the United States Attorney of Rhode Island’s office, the majority of the victims were vulnerable to fraud due to age or infirmity.
All five of the Indian Nationals participated in schemes that operated out of call centers in India, such as “refund fraud” or “tech support.
They often obtained personal and banking information from the victims’ computers through remote access applications.
This information was used to steal or misappropriate funds.
Preying upon vulnerable men and women for financial gain by means of telemarketing is not only repellant, but violative of federal law; and, as demonstrated by the convictions announced today, law enforcement has no imperative but, and will not hesitate, to hold such defendants fully accountable to criminal process,” said Un
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Bienvenido “Alex” Peralta Martinez, a Central Falls resident pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence to charges he defrauded numerous people who had recently immigrated from the Dominican Republic by pocketing fees he told them that they had to pay when submitting their naturalization applications.
In January of 2018, GoLocal unveiled the scheme. A multiple-month investigation by GoLocal tracked the enterprise that had tied Peralta Martinez to a NY-businessman barred from representing immigrants.
On Wednesday the U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island said in a statement that Peralta Martinez admitted he knew that their fees were waived but lied to his victims to take their money. GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
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A Providence man currently serving a term of federal supervised release, having completed a 20-year federal prison sentence for trafficking cocaine, has been ordered detained in federal custody following his arrest for allegedly trafficking multiple kilograms of cocaine.
Jesus Martinez, 38, was arrested by U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) agents following an investigation into the alleged shipment into Rhode Island of multiple packages sent through the Postal Service containing significant quantities of cocaine, and multiple shipments to Puerto Rico via the U.S Postal Service of large sums of cash.
According to court documents, in October, a parcel containing $46,500 shipped to Puerto Rico by Martinez was seized by USPIS agents. Subsequently, it is alleged, parcels found to contain varying amounts of cocaine were shipped from Puerto Rico to various Rhode Island addresses associated with Martinez. Two parcel seizures revealed a
Friday, December 11, 2020
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A Providence man who federal agents watched allegedly take possession of a package sent via the U.S. Postal Service that contained nearly 1,400 grams of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico, and, a short time later, who was found to allegedly have a firearm, ammunition, and drug trafficking paraphernalia in his residence has been ordered detained in federal custody.
Modesto Batista, 30, was arrested Wednesday, shortly after a U.S. Postal Inspection agent made a controlled delivery of the package to the front porch of a Providence residence that, according to court documents, Batista, who had been sitting in a vehicle parked nearby, quickly removed and transported to his Providence residence.
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