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Arrest Made In 12 Subject Indictment from Business Email Compromise Scheme
On November 18, 2025, Jamian Joshaun Butler, 45, of Jacksonville, Florida was arrested without incident by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Marshals Service. Butler was 1 of 12 subjects indicted in January 2025 when a federal grand jury in Columbia, South Carolina returned a 12-count indictment alleging conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering for defrauding multiple victims in a nationwide scheme.
USAID Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated an investigation into allegations that a USAID prime awardee had received fraudulent emails requesting a funds transfer to a new bank from a purported sub recipient grantee based in India, amounting to what is known as a Business Email Compromise (BEC).