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Fall River's mayor was arrested on Thursday by the FBI and charged with various financial crimes. Next week, he will add unemployed to his list of problems.

The federal indictment of Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II casts the young man in a poor light, to say the least. But that is what a prosecutor always does.

The indictment states that Correia used over $231,000 for large and lavish purchases including a 2011 Mercedes Benz, jewelry, and adult entertainment.

A disbarred Somerset attorney was sentenced for a scheme to defraud an acquaintance of $60,000, and for trying to influence the victim’s testimony at trial.

BROCKTON — A Fall River woman working as a home health care aide has been arraigned on charges she allegedly stole $27,000 from her clients, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz has announced. Vanessa L. Finglas, 40, of Fall River, was indicted on by a Plymouth County Grand Jury on two counts each of larceny over $250 from a person over 60, forgery of a check, and uttering a false che

NEW BEDFORD - A number of credit card users throughout Greater New Bedford are being contacted by their financial institutions alerting them to fraudulent charges on their accounts. David Borges, President of New Bedford Credit Union, tells WBSM News a "small percentage" of credit union account holders have recently been the victims of credit card fraud...

The owner of a Westport trash company pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River landfill out of approximately $473,000 in disposal fees. Stephen P. Aguiar, 47, of Westport, pleaded guilty to three counts of mail fraud...

BOSTON – The owner of a trash company was charged Friday in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River Landfill out of approximately $473,000 in disposal fees. Stephen P. Aguiar, Jr., 47, of Westport, was charged with three counts of mail fraud...

BOSTON - A Rehoboth woman has been ordered to pay back nearly $30,000 and a fine to the U.S. Government after fraudulently collecting Social Security benefits. 44-year-old Joanna Boyer pleaded guilty to one count of social security fraud, two counts of making false statements and one count of theft of public money last November, and was sentenced Wednesday in U...

DARTMOUTH - Dartmouth Police are asking for help in identifying a man they say fraudulently used a credit card to buy gift cards from a local restaurant. Police say the man purchased $1,000 worth of gift cards from Buffalo Wild Wings at the Dartmouth Mall on March 5...