Kwame Abdul-Haqq, Wire Fraud, Indiana 2024

An Anderson man has been indicted on multiple counts of fraud and false statements, authorities announced Tuesday.

Kwame Abdul-Haqq, 52, of Anderson, has been charged with six counts of wire fraud, two counts of making false statements on a loan or credit application, and one count of making false declarations before the court.

The indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis, stems from Abdul-Haqq’s application for a job as a correctional officer with the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) in December 2006.

In his application, Abdul-Haqq lied about and failed to disclose his criminal history under the name Robert Borum, which he legally changed to Kwame Abdul-Haqq in 1993.

Abdul-Haqq was subsequently hired as a correctional officer at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, where he worked from February 2007 until early 2015.

The six counts of wire fraud are based on the last six wire transfers of Abdul-Haqq’s wages from the IDOC to his bank account.

In January 2009, Abdul-Haqq applied for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) refinance of his existing mortgage on a house he owned in Ingalls, Indiana. Then, in August 2013, he applied for mortgage assistance from FHA on the same house.

On both applications, Abdul-Haqq falsely stated that he lived in the home as his primary residence when, in fact, he was renting the home to another person for $850 a month. Abdul-Haqq and his wife were living in a separate residence in Anderson, Indiana at the time.

In December 2012, Abdul-Haqq perjured himself when he made false statements about his income to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on an application to file a lawsuit against the IDOC without paying filing fees.

This case was investigated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development-Office of Inspector General, Special Agent Jared Burns, and the Indiana State Police.

Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan A. Bont is prosecuting this case for the government.

Abdul-Haqq faces up to 30 years’ imprisonment for making false statements on each loan and credit application, up to 20 years on each wire fraud count, and up to five years on the perjury count.

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