European Nationals’ Card Fraud Skimmed $280K in RI
By: Rob Borkowski on July 21, 2025 in News to You, Coventry, RI news, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — Four European nationals illegally in the US have admitted to a federal judge that their card fraud scam compromised more than 15,000 credit, debit, and Electronic Benefit […]
RI Trooper Log: Credit Fraud, Fugitive from Justice
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on October 29, 2022 in Police News & Fire News in RI
Editor’s note: The following RI arrests recorded in the RI Trooper Log were reported by the RI State Police on their website. An arrest reflects charges against an individual, and […]
U.S. Atty.: Man Pleads Guilty to Construction Supply Scam
By: Rob Borkowski on December 13, 2021 in Business, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man has admitted in federal court that he participated in a construction supply scam defrauding home improvement stores in Rhode Island and Massachusetts of more […]
RI Trooper Log: DUI, Credit Card Fraud, Domestic Assault
By: Rob Borkowski on December 26, 2019 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI, Uncategorized
Trooper Log were reported by the RI State Police on their website. An arrest reflects charges against an individual, and does not indicate guilt or innocence. WARWICK, RI — RI […]
Warwick Police Arrests July 6 – July 13: DUI, B&E, Credit Card Fraud
By: Rob Borkowski on July 27, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, R.I. — There were 44 Warwick Police arrests between July 6 and July 13, including four for DUI, three for shoplifting, two for assault, and arrests for breaking and entering, […]
App Alerts Police to Phone, Credit Card Thief’s Location
By: Rob Borkowski on January 7, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A Westerly woman faces larceny and felony credit fraud charges after she swiped a woman’s forgotten purse and phone at Five Below at Cowesett Corners Shopping Center then spent $457 at Kentucky Fried Chicken and Lowes before the victim’s phone tracking app pinpointed the thief at her home Dec. 21.
WPD Arests Man for Buying Gift Cards With Fake Credit Card
By: Rob Borkowski on January 4, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick Police were called to the Food Court at the Warwick Mall at 400 Bald Hill Road Dec. 8 at 6:27 p.m. for reports of a man buying gift cards from Subway, JC Penny and Foot Locker using a stolen credit card, arresting him on credit card fraud and obstructing an officer.
Public Weighs in on WPD Photos of Credit Thief Suspects
By: Rob Borkowski on July 27, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick Police posted three photos of a man and a woman they say used a stolen credit card at the Oakland Mart at 805 Oakland Beach Ave. on Facebook asking for leads, and the public obliged.
Warwick’s Most Wanted: Credit Card Fraud Spree Includes Local Macy’s
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on February 25, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI — An apparent credit card fraud spree included a transaction at the Macy’s inside Warwick Mall, according to the Rhode Island Most Wanted website.
Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Warwick Credit Card Fraud Case
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on February 18, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI — The man identified as the suspect in an April, 2014 theft and fraudulent use of a credit card has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in the case.
Warwick’s Most Wanted: Two Cases of Card Fraud
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on January 14, 2015 in News to You, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI — Local police are seeking leads in two separate cases of credit and debit card fraud, according to the Rhode Island Most Wanted website.
New York Man Sentenced to Two Years for Using Stolen Credit Accounts
By: Rob Borkowski on December 5, 2014 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Yvener Jean-Baptiste, 27, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to two years in federal prison Friday for raiding valid credit card customers’ accounts to fund counterfeit credit cards.
Warwick’s Most Wanted: Credit Card Fraud at Walmart
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on November 18, 2014 in Uncategorized
Warwick, RI — Information is sought in a case of credit card fraud in Warwick.