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2020 — April 2023; sentenced 2026
The same ramp, run from Texas: Khalid Ahamad, 55, of Little Elm, Texas, was sentenced in Fort Wayne — again by Chief Judge Brady — to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, with restitution and a forfeiture money judgment of $2,617,107.82. From 2020 through April 2023, the Justice Department's account runs, Ahamad and his conspirators worked business-email-compromise schemes, unemployment-benefits fraud, and Small Business Administration loan fraud; the victims wired money to accounts under his control, he laundered it through his bank accounts, and he then sent the proceeds via cryptocurrency to other conspirators. The conspiracy attempted more than $6 million and obtained more than $2.6 million. Among the victims of the offense, the release states, was a company in Fort Wayne — which is how a Texas fraud, run through Fort Wayne's federal court, becomes part of this city's crypto record: the stolen money that passed through cryptocurrency includes money taken from a business here.
Sources:
- U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana, "Texas Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison For Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud" (2026) — the sentence, the judgment figure, the schemes, the cryptocurrency transfers, and the Fort Wayne victim company.