Rhode Island men sentenced for unemployment fraud

By: The Associated Press

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter Kilmartin says two Rhode Island men plead no contest to unemployment insurance benefit fraud.

Kilmartin said 27-year-old Jonathan Flores, of Pawtucket, and 71-year-old Robert Wright, of Warwick, plead no contest Tuesday to one count of obtaining money under false pretenses.

Both Flores and Wright were sentenced to five years of probation, and ordered to pay restitution.

Prosecutors say Flores collected $7,273 in employment insurance benefits while he was working between April 12, 2014 and July 31, 2014, and that Wright collected $6,981 while he was working between December 18, 2010 and January 17, 2012.

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