MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – In a shocking display of greed, two Broken Arrow residents, Brad William Ritter, 51, and Toby Le Mills, 51, were sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced the sentencing on [no date provided].
Ritter was sentenced to 41 months of incarceration, while Mills received 33 months. The Court ordered the defendants to pay $3,797,500 in restitution as part of the sentencing. In addition, the Court entered a money judgment against Mills in the amount of $1,059,958.00, ordered forfeiture of $697,863.67 in funds seized from Ritter, and entered a forfeiture money judgment against Ritter in the amount of $2,029,678.33.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and IRS-Criminal Investigation. Ritter and Mills each pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud on April 3, 2024. According to investigators, starting in at least 2018 and continuing until January 2022, Ritter and Mills conspired to defraud an employee-owned business operating in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Ritter, who worked as an executive for the company, used his position to submit false invoices on behalf of a business set up in Mills’s name. The invoices billed the business for services that Mills’s company never performed, resulting in $3,797,500.00 in fraudulent payments made to Ritter and Mills during that time.
The sentence imposed on these two defendants should serve as a stark reminder that criminal activity motivated by greed comes at a price, said FBI Oklahoma City Special Agent in Charge Doug Goodwater. The FBI is committed to ensuring those who engage in fraudulent activity are held accountable through the justice system.
Ritter and Mills will self-report into the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility by June 23, 2025, to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kara Traster, Joshua Satter, and Clay Compton represented the United States.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. The case serves as a warning to those who think they can get away with defrauding businesses or taxpayers.
Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Category: White Collar Crime|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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