Marc Anthony Alexander, a former resident of Milford, was sentenced on April 2 to 30 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release for fraud and firearm offenses. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven, according to David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
The case centers on fraudulent activities involving a business called Traveling Graces, LLC, which was registered in Connecticut with Melanie Ham as its agent and “Dr. Marc Anthony Alexander” as manager. Between July and December 2023, Alexander and Ham convinced a Connecticut resident—whom Alexander met through a dating app—to invest $167,000 into what they claimed was a legitimate business venture. Instead, the funds were used for their personal benefit.
In May 2024, Alexander impersonated an FBI agent at his residential community by wearing clothing marked with FBI insignia, displaying a fake badge, and carrying a Hellcat 9mm pistol in a holster while requesting additional parking spaces from an employee.
Alexander has previous convictions related to fraud schemes that defrauded both the U.S. Postal Service and financial lenders out of significant sums—over $300,000 from postal money orders and more than $1 million from fraudulent vehicle sales—which resulted in an earlier federal sentence of eight years imprisonment starting in April 2017. He had been released from prison in February 2023 but continued to violate laws during his supervised release period.
While under supervision after his release, he faced new charges including driving under the influence and other motor vehicle violations following his arrest by Stamford Police in February 2024. In November that year he allegedly used falsified bank statements to purchase a car out-of-state without notifying authorities—a violation of his probation terms—and opened multiple lines of credit using false information.
Alexander has been held since January 13, 2025; he received another two-year sentence for violating supervised release conditions before pleading guilty on January 29 this year to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Melanie Ham pleaded guilty last November to conspiracy charges related to wire fraud; she is awaiting sentencing.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation into these matters while Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray Miller prosecuted the case.
