United States Attorney James L. Santelle for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that a federal grand jury indicted Henry E. Tyler, (age 39), formerly of Milwaukee on five counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The grand jury also charged Tyler with two counts of money laundering and named the sum of $196,000 as a forfeiture. If convicted of the charged offenses, Tyler faces a sentence of 20 years imprisonment on each the fraud counts and 10 years imprisonment on each the money laundering counts. Tyler also faces fines of up to $250,000 on each count.

According to the indictment Tlyer allegedly carried out a scheme to embezzle federal money earmarked to provide low-income children attending LEADER Institute, a private school in Milwaukee, with free breakfasts, lunches, and snacks.

This case was the result of an investigation by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Internal Revenue Service with assistance from the Criminal Intelligence Division of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Joseph R. Wall.

An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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