Former Milford Man Who Posed As FBI Agent Enters Plea In Fraud, Gun Case, Prosecutors Say

MILFORD, CT — A former Milford man pleaded guilty to fraud and gun crimes in federal district court last week, according to a statement from David X. Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Prosecutors said that Anthony Alexander, 45, managed the business Traveling Graces, LLC in 2022. In 2023, he and a co-conspirator met the victim, a Connecticut resident, via a dating app. They told the victim that Traveling Graces was a legitimate business and they were seeking investors.

The victim provided two bank checks totaling $167,000 to Alexander and his partner, which they used for their own purposes, according to prosecutors.

In an unrelated May 2024 incident, Alexander met with an employee of the residential community where he lived. He claimed to be an FBI agent who required additional parking spaces assigned to him for professional reasons, prosecutors said.

He wore clothing that falsely identified him as an FBI agent, showed a fake FBI identification badge, and possessed a Hellcat 9mm pistol in a holster, according to prosecutors.

Alexander pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. He faces up to 35 years in prison.

Alexander's criminal history includes convictions for fraud and other crimes, prosecutors said. In a 2017 case, he was sentenced to 8 years in prison for his role in a scheme related to the theft and negotiation of postal money orders that defrauded the U.S. Postal Service of more than $300,000, and his role in a separate scheme that involved the fraudulent sale of financed vehicles, which defrauded lenders of more than $1 million, according to prosecutors.

He was also arrested in 2024 on allegations that he used a bank statement he manipulated with false information to facilitate the purchase of a vehicle from a car dealership in Massachusetts.