Brad William Ritter and Toby Le Mills, both residents of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, have been sentenced for their involvement in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ritter received a 41-month prison sentence, while Mills was sentenced to 33 months. Additionally, they are required to pay $3,797,500 in restitution.
The court also imposed a money judgment against Mills amounting to $1,059,958 and ordered the forfeiture of $697,863.67 from Ritter’s seized funds. A separate forfeiture money judgment against Ritter totaled $2,029,678.33.
The charges were based on an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and IRS-Criminal Investigation. Both individuals pleaded guilty on April 3, 2024.
Investigators revealed that between 2018 and January 2022, Ritter and Mills defrauded an employee-owned business in Broken Arrow by submitting false invoices through a company set up under Mills’s name. This scheme resulted in fraudulent payments totaling nearly $3.8 million.
FBI Oklahoma City Special Agent in Charge Doug Goodwater stated: “The sentence imposed on these two defendants should serve as a stark reminder that criminal activity motivated by greed comes at a price.”
Christopher J. Altemus Jr., IRS-CI special agent in charge of the Dallas Field Office added: “Ritter and Mills went to great lengths to disguise a years-long scheme… Let this case serve as a warning: complex fraud schemes may be layered in lies and paperwork but they are never beyond the reach of IRS Criminal Investigation special agents.”
United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson commented on the case: “The wounds may not be physical, but the harm caused by fraudsters is still very real.”
Chief U.S. District Judge Ronald A. White presided over the hearing where it was decided that both men would remain free on bond with conditions until they report to U.S. Marshals Service custody by June 23, 2025.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kara Traster, Joshua Satter, and Clay Compton represented the United States during this case.
