Former Federal Agent Sentenced To 26 Months In Prison For $1.1 Million Fraud

In Tucson on Wednesday, Scott Gompert of Phoenix was sentenced by Chief US District Judge John M. Roll  to 26 months in prison for stealing more than $1.1 million from bank accounts of fraud suspects. Gompert pleaded guilty in October 2007, to a two-count information charging him with bank fraud and forging the signature of a judge or court officer; he also forfeited cash and other assets equal to the amount of the fraud. Gompert was formerly a special agent with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Health & Human Services. He used his experience as an investigator to identify bank accounts holding funds seized from fraudulent activity. Three times in 2005 and 2006 he prepared fraudulent seizure warrants with forged signatures of US magistrate judges and presented the warrants to banks holding the funds; the warrants directed the banks to prepare cashier’s checks made out to a fake federal seizure account he controlled. AP, DOJ.