A former Milford resident pleaded guilty Thursday, Jan. 29, to fraud and firearm offenses before U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven, according to David X. Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Dr. Marc Anthony Alexander pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 years. A sentencing date is not scheduled.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2022, a business known as Traveling Graces LLC was registered with the State of Connecticut with Melanie Ham as its registered agent and Dr. Marc Anthony Alexander as its manager. Between July 2023 and December 2023, Alexander and Ham misrepresented to a Connecticut resident, who Alexander had met on a dating app, that Traveling Graces was a legitimate business and they were looking for investors. The victim provided two bank checks totaling $167,000 to Alexander and Ham, which they used for their own purposes.
In May 2024, Alexander met with an employee of the residential community in which he resided and claimed to be an FBI agent who required additional parking spaces assigned to him for professional reasons. He wore clothing that falsely identified him as an FBI agent, showed a fake FBI identification badge, and possessed a Hellcat 9mm pistol in a holster.
Alexander’s criminal history includes convictions for fraud and other offenses. In April 2017, he was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 96 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a scheme related to the theft and negotiation of postal money orders that defrauded the U.S. Postal Service of more than $300,000, and his role in a separate scheme that involved the fraudulent sale of financed vehicles, which defrauded lenders of more than $1 million. Alexander was released from federal prison in February 2023.
In February 2024, while he was on supervised release, Alexander was arrested by Stamford Police for illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs, illegal operation of a motor vehicle under suspension, illegal operation of a motor vehicle without minimum insurance, and failure to drive in a proper lane.
In November 2024, Alexander is alleged to have used a bank statement he manipulated with false information to facilitate the purchase of a vehicle from a car dealership in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Alexander also falsely reported his address to his probation officer, left Connecticut without permission, and opened nine new lines of credit, all in violation of the terms and conditions of his supervised release.
Alexander has been detained in federal custody since Jan. 13, 2025. On Feb. 26, 2025, he was sentenced in Hartford federal court to two years of imprisonment for violating the conditions of his supervised release.
On Nov. 19, 2025, Ham pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She awaits sentencing.
