PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Department of Defense employee from Montgomery County has been federally indicted for allegedly moonlighting as a money mule and laundering millions of dollars for overseas scammers.
The United States Attorney's office in Philadelphia said 33-year-old Samuel Marcus of Oreland was employed as a logistics specialist with the Department of Defense and deposited and transferred millions of dollars of fraudulently obtained money into and through his personal and business accounts.
The indictment alleges that, from July 2023 to December 2025, Marcus was in direct and regular contact with a group of fraudsters, who operated under the aliases “Rachel Jude” and “Ned McMurray,” among others.
Officials said the fraudsters employed a network of money mules in the United States to help launder the fraud proceeds, and instructed victims to transfer funds to financial accounts opened and operated by various money mules, including those controlled by Marcus.
Marcus and other money mules allegedly converted the funds into cryptocurrency, then moved them into foreign accounts.
He was arrested and charged by indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, six counts of illegal monetary transactions, and one count of money laundering.
Marcus faces up to 100 years’ imprisonment if convicted, three years’ supervised release, and a $2 million fine.