Indianapolis – United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the indictment of an Anderson man on six counts of wire fraud, two counts of making false statements on a loan or credit application, and one count of making false declarations before the court. Kwame Abdul-Haqq, 52, Anderson, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis.

Robert Borum has a lengthy criminal history in New York, including convictions for attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery and burglary.  Borum legally changed his name in 1993 to Kwame Abdul-Haqq.  In December 2006, Adbdul-Haqq applied for a job as a correctional officer with the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC).  In completing his job application, Abdul-Haqq lied about and failed to disclose his criminal history under the name Robert Borum.  The IDOC subsequently hired Abdul-Haqq as a correctional officer at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, where Abdul-Haqq was employed from February 2007 until early 2015.  The six counts of wire fraud are based on the last six wire transfers of Abdul-Haqq’s wages from the IDOC to his bank account.

In January 2009, Adbul-Haqq applied for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) refinance of his existing mortgage on a house he owned in Ingalls, Indiana.  Then, in August 2013, he applied for mortgage assistance from FHA on the same house.  On both applications, Abdul-Haqq falsely stated that he lived in the home as his primary residence when in fact he was renting the home to another person for $850 a month.  Abdul-Haqq and his wife were living in a separate residence in Anderson, Indiana at the time.

In December 2012, Adbul-Haqq perjured himself when he made false statements about his income to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on an application to file a lawsuit against the IDOC without paying filing fees...