Two individuals plead no contest to unemployment insurance benefit fraud

PROVIDENCE – A Providence woman and North Providence man plead no contest this week to unemployment insurance benefit fraud, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin said Thursday.
Deborah Moore, 55, appeared before Providence Superior Court Justice William E. Carnes Jr. on Wednesday, where she plead no contest to one count of obtaining money under false pretenses over $1,500 for collecting more than $7,000 in unemployment insurance benefits while employed at Lifespan/Rhode Island Hospital.
She was sentenced to seven years probation and ordered to pay $7,756 in restitution at a rate of no less than $93 per month.
In addition, Kenny Newton, 35, plead no contest Thursday before Providence Superior Court Magistrate Patrick Burke to one count of obtaining money under false pretenses over $1,500 for collecting more than $8,000 in unemployment insurance benefits while he was employed at Done Right Janitorial Services of Pawtucket and briefly incarcerated at the ACI. Newton was sentenced to five years suspended with probation and ordered to pay $8,422 in restitution at a rate of no less than $153 per month.
The cases were prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Carole L. McLaughlin.

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