Reaves admitted that he fraudulently induced his employer into sending $700,000 through a sham invoicing scheme between May 2020 and April 2022.  Reaves used shell companies he owned and controlled — a fact he concealed — to fraudulently bill his employer for ostensible marketing services.

Partway through the scheme, Reaves’s associate returned virtually all the then-stolen money back to the company. In response, Reaves concocted a plausible cover story with his employer but continued the scheme with a different shell company and associate. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland