Patch.com
The media bias rating of Patch.com is Center. Patch.com is a news and information website focused on U.S. national and local news, which reportedly operates over 1,200 hyperlocal news services throughout the 50 states and Washington D.C. It was founded in 2007. it is primarily owned by Hale Global, and is operated by Patch Media Corporation. The website's About page describes it as " an innovative way to find out about, and participate in, what's going on near you."
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PROVIDENCE, RI — A former Massachusetts used car dealer who led a conspiracy to defraud financial institutions in Rhode Island and other state out of millions of dollars was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Rolando Estrella, 35, of Dracut, Massachusetts, the former owner of a used car dealership in Lawrence, Massachusetts, admitted to a federal judge in Providence that he recruited, employed, and directed others to file fraudulent used car loan applications using stolen personal information and falsified documents. Once the loans were issued by financial institutions, the...