By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau Two cleaning women are accused of stealing Social Security numbers and other personal information from workers at the University of Rhode Island’s Alumni Center that they used to run up hundreds of dollars in charges on credit card accounts created in the URI employee’s names. The sisters had been placed at URI by TriState Enterprises, one of two janitorial companies at the center of a sweep last week at six state courthouses that resulted in the arrest of 31 suspected illegal immigrants. TriState and Falcon Maintenance have more than 48 contracts with the Carcieri administration and the court system to clean state buildings, from courthouses to state colleges to the National Guard command readiness center. Eliza Lima and Christiane Billafon have each been charged with nine counts...
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