Jewelry Wholesaler Arrested In Fraud Scheme

(Providence, RI)  --  The owner of a wholesale jewelry distribution company is facing two federal charges allegedly swindling people out of millions of dollars.  The owner of Kent Jewelry, Gerald Kent of Groton, Connecticut, appeared yesterday in federal court in Providence, where prosecutors claim he defrauded a company using hundreds of fake invoices.  WLNE-TV reports Kent was arrested at Foxwoods Casino, where he has gambled almost five million dollars so far this year.


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