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Knoxville Man Sentenced in Fraudulent Money Order Scheme
A Knoxville, Tennessee, man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for his role in a scheme to cash fraudulent money orders provided by a former South Jersey U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee.
Eugene Bowen, 35, previously pleaded guilty to transmitting and presenting unlawfully issued USPS money orders with intent to defraud the United States. U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez imposed the sentence in Camden federal court.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Bowen admitted that Marc Saunders, 40, of Sicklerville, New Jersey, a former employee at the USPS branch in New Lisbon, New Jersey, provided him with stolen money orders and told him to recruit others to cash them.
Bowen admitted that he recruited individuals to cash the money orders and paid them a small fee, while keeping the rest of the money for Saunders and himself. In addition to the prison term, Judge Rodriguez sentenced Bowen to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay restitution of $18,470.
On Dec. 12, 2017, Saunders pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme, including producing the money orders with a stolen imprinting machine and giving them to others to cash. His sentencing is scheduled for July 24, 2018.
The investigation leading to today’s sentencing was credited to special agents of the USPS, Office of the Inspector General, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Kenneth M. Cleevely of the Eastern Area Field Office.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alyson M. Oswald of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Camden. Defense counsel for Bowen is John Brennan Esq. of Marlton, New Jersey.
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: White Collar Crime|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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