the website golocalprov.com, based in providence, rhode island, published in 2010 allegations that akhmetov had ties to organized crime. subsequently, politifact engaged in a review of the allegations on golocalprov's site and disputed the sources on which they were based, stating that "key elements of the [golocalprov] story are false or unproven" and that the story presented "suspicions, suggestions, innuendo, and conspiracy theories" as fact. the golocalprov articles and audio shortly after their publishing were removed from the site. the publisher, josh fenton, explained that they disappeared for "technical reasons" and the radio station which aired the interview containing the allegations refused comment.