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Man pleads guilty in fraud scheme targeting service members and veterans

Prosecutors said stolen personal information was used to access bank and benefits accounts, while money mules moved part of the proceeds.

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Robert Wayne Boling Jr., 45, pleaded guilty in a scheme that used stolen personal information to access bank and benefits accounts belonging to U.S. service members and veterans. The Justice Department announced the plea on October 20.

How prosecutors describe the scheme

According to court documents, a co-conspirator who worked as a civilian medical-records administrator for the U.S. Army in South Korea photographed personal information belonging to thousands of military-affiliated people and supplied it to Boling.

Prosecutors said the group used that information to access bank accounts and government-affiliated benefits accounts, then stole money and veterans’ benefits. Money mules in the United States supplied accounts for the proceeds and helped move some of the money to the Philippines.

Philippine authorities deported Boling to the United States in May 2026 to face charges.

The plea is not the sentence

Boling pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Sentencing is scheduled for January 14, 2027.

Each charge carries a maximum prison term of 20 years. Those are statutory maximums, not the sentence he has received; a federal judge will determine the penalty.

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