WASHINGTON — A former Metropolitan Police Department officer living in Hyattsville was convicted Monday in federal court after prosecutors said he fraudulently obtained more than $18,000 in taxpayer-funded Covid-era disaster relief funds.
Roberto Adams, 39, was found guilty June 8, 2026, of one count of wire fraud after a federal jury deliberated for about a day and a half, according to federal prosecutors.
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta scheduled sentencing for Oct. 23.
According to evidence presented at trial, Adams obtained Paycheck Protection Program loans on behalf of SuperKlean LLC, a janitorial services company prosecutors said was not operational at the start of the pandemic.
Prosecutors said Adams obtained a first PPP loan in July 2020 and spent the money in about one month at casinos in Maryland and Las Vegas, on airfare and hotels in Miami, at restaurants and bars,…
IT & DATA SECURITY (MITIGATING THE “INSIDER THREAT”)
As seen in the TD Bank case, an employee with too much “access” can sell your customer data to syndicates.
- Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP): Employees should only have access to the specific folders and databases required for their current task.
- Access Revocation: Have a “Termination Checklist” that ensures all digital access (Email, VPN, Banking) is revoked within 60 minutes of an employee resigning or being dismissed.
- System Logs & Audit Trails: Enable “Read/Write Logging” on your server. If a customer’s data is leaked, you need to know exactly which login accessed that record and at what time.
- Encryption at Rest: Ensure that sensitive files (like your customer ID numbers or payroll spreadsheets) are encrypted so that if a staff member copies them to a USB, they cannot be read.