Security News in Brief: Georgia Man Sentenced in Bank Fraud Scheme that Exploited Homeless Rhode Islanders

Source: United States Department of Justice News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Georgia man convicted for his role in a scheme in which Providence area homeless and transient individuals were recruited to cash hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit business checks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine, in exchange for cash payments, was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison.