Two Area Men Indicted in Connection With Stolen Treasury Check Scheme

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Ibrahim Tougouma, 24, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Tyler Glenn-Hayward, 21, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, were charged by indictment with conspiracy to steal government funds, two counts of bank fraud, and possession of stolen mail. Glenn-Hayward was also charged with four counts of theft of government funds.

The indictment alleges that, from about May 2024 to August 2024, the defendants conspired, together and with others, to steal and convert to their own use Treasury checks issued by the federal government, to which Tougouma and Glenn-Hayward knew they were not entitled.

It was part of the conspiracy, the indictment further alleges, that after coming into possession of stolen Treasury checks, Glenn-Hayward altered and counterfeited the stolen checks, including at Tougouma’s direction, and received payments from Tougouma through peer-to-peer payment apps for doing so.

Specifically, on or about May 24, 2024, the indictment alleges that Tougouma, using a messaging app, sent Glenn-Hayward a photograph of a stolen Treasury check (“Check #1”), which had been issued by the Social Security Administration for victim M.O. in the amount of $15,926.25. Tougouma asked Glenn-Hayward to alter the payee information and provide a counterfeit of the valid Treasury check with the altered payee information for Check #1.

Glenn-Hayward agreed to do so, stated his price, and, once Tougouma had paid him the $100, he produced and sent to Tougouma two .pdf files of the counterfeit Treasury check for Check #1, with the payee information altered as Tougouma had directed. On or about May 29, 2024, Tougouma caused the counterfeit Treasury check for Check #1 to be deposited at a financial institution via an ATM located in Wilmington, Delaware.

The indictment further alleges that, on or about July 11, 2024, defendants Tougouma and Glenn-Hayward exchanged messages discussing the resale of Treasury checks and how to deposit the checks themselves. Glenn-Hayward directed Tougouma to send him a photo of a stolen Treasury check, and Tougouma sent an image of a stolen Treasury check issued by the Internal Revenue Service for victim G.M. in the amount of $173,194 (“Check #2”).

Glenn-Hayward altered the payee information on Check #2, copying the rest of the check’s information. On or about July 12, 2024, Glenn-Hayward caused the counterfeit Treasury check for Check #2 to be deposited at a financial institution via an ATM located in Annapolis, Maryland.

Additionally, the indictment alleges that, in April 2024, Glenn-Hayward stole and deposited four U.S. Treasury checks totaling more than $6,000 in government benefits to which he knew he wasn’t entitled.

If convicted, Tougouma faces a maximum possible sentence of 70 years’ imprisonment and Glenn-Hayward faces a maximum possible sentence of 110 years’ imprisonment.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General, and U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and is being prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Megan Curran.

The charges and allegations contained in the indictment are merely accusations. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

Indictment - U.S. v. Tougouma, et al