On November 1, 2023, a former FBI Special Agent previously assigned to the FBI Office in Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements. Gregory Trahan pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Texas. According to the factual statement in support of the guilty plea, from in or about 2018 through in or about at least April 2019, Trahan structured transactions to prevent his spouse at the time from knowing that he had money in undisclosed bank accounts and hid cash to prevent those funds from becoming part of the resolution of the community estate during their divorce proceedings. Trahan withdrew several hundred thousand dollars from various bank accounts in amounts under the reporting requirements and made deposits in amounts under the reporting requirements in other bank accounts. From in or about 2018 through in or about 2019, Trahan made twenty cash deposits, all in amounts less than $10,000, with intent to avoid the creation of Currency Transaction Reports by banks. The deposits totaled $77,900. The investigation is being conducted by the OIG’s Houston Office. Analytical support was provided by an Investigative Analyst in the Dallas Field Office and forensic assistance was provided by the OIG’s Cyber Investigations Office.
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