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June 29, 2007

Update: Conn. man accused of defrauding immigrants

WARWICK -- A Connecticut man accused of defrauding illegal Irish immigrants out of millions of dollars will be returned to that state after his arrest near T.F. Green Airport.

Ralph Cucciniello appeared in a Rhode Island court today. He waived extradition, and authorities say he'll be returned to Connecticut sometime within the next week.

He's being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions, in Cranston. He was arrested yesterday.

The Hartford Courant reported that Cucciniello was charged on an arrest warrant issued in Connecticut with 59 counts of larceny and one count of racketeering.

Cucciniello is accused of posing as a lawyer affiliated with Yale University in New Haven, and of swindling Irish immigrants with promises of helping them gain U.S. citizenship.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 5:38 PM | Permalink

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