A federal jury in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has convicted Sarai Jamila Nyasha Freeman, a 41-year-old resident of Aurora, Colorado. Freeman was found guilty on charges including two counts of passing and uttering counterfeit obligations and securities, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and failure to appear.
Court documents reveal that Freeman was scheduled to attend a trial in December 2024 but failed to show up. Consequently, a warrant for her arrest was issued.
During the trial, evidence demonstrated that in January 2020, Freeman used the identity of a deceased person to cash two counterfeit U.S. Treasury checks. Additional evidence indicated that in 2023 she pled guilty to four counts of uttering forged documents from an incident in 2019 in Tulsa County. The state case also involved two bench warrants issued for her appearance.
Freeman is currently in custody awaiting sentencing at a future date.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and Wal-Mart Global Investigations. The U.S. Marshals Service assisted with the arrest.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys David D. Whipple and Charles Greenough led the prosecution.