Mr. Urciuoli formerly served as president and CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I. He was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in 2008 for paying state senator John Celona to advance his hospital’s legislative agenda. He was sentenced in April 2009 to three years in prison.
Mr. Urciuoli appealed to the Supreme Court after a Circuit Court of Appeal upheld his sentence in July.
Read the Boston Globe report on Robert Urciuoli.
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– Former Rhode Island Hospital Exec Appeals Corruption Conviction to Supreme Court
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– Former Rhode Island Hospital Executive Looks to Appeal Two Corruption Convictions
