BOSTON — A Brockton man pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a stolen U.S. Treasury check fraud scheme involving more than $1.2 million in government funds, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced Monday, May 18, 2026.
Gino Rosario Tyler Alexander Allegra, 32, pleaded guilty to four counts of theft of government funds, four counts of bank fraud, and three counts of money laundering.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled Allegra’s sentencing for Aug. 6, 2026. Allegra was charged in a superseding indictment in September 2025 and was detained pending trial.
Federal prosecutors say Allegra obtained U.S. Treasury checks that had been issued as tax refunds to individuals and businesses throughout the United States before the checks were stolen.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, Allegra deposited these stolen checks into bank accounts he opened in the name of World Advance, Inc., a Massachusetts shell company with no legitimate operations. The checks had been altered to list World Advance, Inc. as the payee instead of the actual taxpayers who were eligible for the refunds.
Prosecutors say Allegra also purchased bank checks payable to other shell businesses to conceal the origin of the stolen proceeds and deposited and laundered bank checks that others had purchased using other stolen Treasury checks.
In total, prosecutors say Allegra stole or laundered more than $1.2 million in government funds.
The theft of government funds charges carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. The bank fraud charges carry a sentence of up to 30 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million. The money laundering charges carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $500,000.
U.S. Attorney Leah Foley; Thomas Demeo, special agent in charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation’s Boston Field Office; Michael Carpenter, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s Northeast Field Division; and Jason Buckley, acting inspector in charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Boston Division, announced the plea.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth Kosto, chief of the Securities, Financial and Cyber Frauds Unit, is prosecuting the case.
