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Lafayette trustee charged $36K to home improvement stores
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of several reports on court-ordered release of Fairfield Township’s credit card records and what these credit card statements reveal. However, Trustee Taletha Coles did not turn over the receipts for the credit credit card purchases and there are missing statements.. LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Fairfield Township Trustee Taletha Coles chalked up her $113,259 in credit card charges over three years to her renovations at the township’s office on Wabash Avenue, but only $36,691.51 can be directly tied to home improvement purchases. A Journal & Courier’s ongoing review of the court-ordered release of the township’s credit card statements showed that between January 2019 and July 2021, Coles charged $36,691.51 to…
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Two RI men get federal prison for bilking Attleboro area, RI home improvement stores | Local News
Two Providence men have been sentenced to federal prison for their role in bilking home improvement stores in Attleboro, North Attleboro, Mansfield, Seekonk and Rhode Island out of more than $160,000. Jose Brens, 40, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $140,578 in restitution, the Rhode Island U.S. attorney’s office said Thursday. Jose R. Delarosa, 45, was sentenced to one year and ordered to pay $20,141 in restitution. Brens pleaded guilty on Dec. 13 to conspiracy to commit access device fraud and six counts of access device fraud. Delarosa pleaded guilty on Dec.16 to conspiracy to commit access device fraud…
