Alan Paul Brooks, Mail Fraud and Money Laundering, Florida 2022

State: Florida
Category: Fraud &#038; Financial Crimes
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/75-year-old-south-florida-man-charged-3-million-check-diversion-scheme" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

Defendant faces charges for allegedly stealing millions from a Louisiana health system.

Alan Paul Brooks, a 75-year-old South Florida resident, has been charged with mail fraud and money laundering in a $3 million check scheme. The scheme allegedly took place from June to December 2022, according to an indictment filed by a Miami federal grand jury.

Brooks is accused of causing a change of mail address to be filed for a U.S. post office box that received checks for a Louisiana health system. This diverted checks that were mailed to the post office box to Brooks’ home in Aventura.

As part of the scheme, Brooks allegedly created fictitious operating names for a Florida shell company that he controlled. These fictitious operating names matched those of the Louisiana health system’s regional medical centers. Brooks also opened bank accounts in Aventura using the fictitious operating names and deposited into those accounts over $3 million in checks that were payable to the actual regional medical centers.

After depositing the checks, Brooks moved the funds to other accounts that he controlled. The investigation into this case was conducted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Aventura Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael N. Berger is prosecuting the case, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Marx Calderon handling asset forfeiture.

Brooks is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. An indictment contains mere allegations, and all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov under case number 23-cr-20117.

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