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Jim Martin Category: Person Description: A Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island. Page Sections: Article Index |
| Date | Article | Details |
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| 20 June 2023 | Former 6/10 Construction Project Supervisor Sentenced for Making False Statements A former project superintendent of the nearly quarter-billion-dollar federally funded 6/10 Interchange Construction Project was sentenced today for intentionally misleading officials as to the origin and the potential contaminant composition of dozens of truckloads of railroad ballast (stone) and dirt imported to the project. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island  Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 10 October 2023 | Former Used Car Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison For Leadership Role in $2.4 Million Fraud Scheme Rolando E. Estrella, the former owner of a used car dealership in Lawrence, previously admitted to a federal judge in Providence that he recruited, employed, and directed others to file fraudulent used car loan applications using stolen personal identifying information and fraudulent documents, including falsified car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island Topic: Rolando E. Estrella |
| 13 December 2023 | Company President, Two Rhode Island Trucking Companies Sentenced in Federal Court for Conspiring to Violate the Clean Air Act At the time of Michael J. Collins’ guilty plea in April, United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha commented, “Our environmental laws are here to protect the clean air that every Rhode Islander deserves to breathe.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island Topic: Michael J. Collins |
| 27 September 2024 | Four Charged in Multi-State High-End Automobile Theft Ring Dealerships vandalized, approximately 200 vehicles, motorcycles, and dirt bikes reported stolen. | Press Release (text,  photos,  documents)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island |
| 18 March 2025 | Pawtucket Man Pleads Guilty to a Charge of Wire Fraud Roy Sweets admitted to the court that in May 2022, he participated in a scheme that used the personal information of another person without their permission when submitting an online loan application to a New Hampshire automobile dealership for the purchase of a 2022 Range Rover. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island Topic: Land Rover |
| 25 March 2025 | Fraud Conspiracy Leader Sentenced Dennis Odoom admitted that he provided a co-conspirator with a fraudulent ID and that he drove that person to a dealership in New Hampshire to pick up a Land Rover valued at $96,256 purchased with fraudulently obtained credit. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island Topic: Land Rover |
| 3 September 2025 | Virginia Trucker Admits to Transporting a Minor with Intent to Engage in Sex The young girl was located inside the sleeping compartment of the truck during a routine inspection. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhose Island Topic: David Romero Reyes |