Gino Rosario Tyler Alexander Allegra, Stolen Treasury Check Fraud, Massachusetts 2026

Brockton man pleads guilty to role in stolen treasury check fraud, faces prison time, fines.

A Brockton man has pleaded guilty to charges that he deposited stolen and altered U.S. Treasury checks into shell company bank accounts that he controlled and then withdrew the stolen money to conceal its origin.

Gino Rosario Tyler Alexander Allegra, 32, pleaded guilty to four counts of theft of government funds, four counts of bank fraud and three counts of money laundering.

The charges provide for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000 for the theft of government funds.

The charges of bank fraud provide for a sentence of up to 30 years in prison, five of supervised release and a fine of up to $1 million.

The charges of money laundering provide for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $500,000.

Allegra obtained U.S. Treasury checks that had been issued as tax refunds to individuals and businesses throughout the United States but were later stolen.

He deposited these checks into bank accounts that he opened in the name of World Advance, Inc. (WAI), a Massachusetts shell company with no bona fide operations.

The stolen checks were altered to name WAI as a payee instead of the actual taxpayers eligible for the refunds.

Allegra also purchased bank checks payable to other shell businesses to conceal the origin of the stolen proceeds and deposited and laundered bank checks that others purchased using other stolen Treasury checks.

In total, Allegra stole or laundered more than $1.2 million in government funds.

The sentencing was set for August 6, 2026.

U.S. Attorney Foley; Thomas Demeo, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, Boston Field Office; Michael Carpenter, Special Agent in charge of the U.S. Department of Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Northeast Field Division; and Jason Buckley, Acting Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Boston Division made the announcement today.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth Kosto, Chief of the Securities, Financial and Cyber Frauds Unit is prosecuting the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/brockton-man-pleads-guilty-role-stolen-treasury-check-fraud