Five D.C. Police Officers and Civilian Employee Charged in Overtime Scheme
Six individuals face fraud, theft, and forgery charges over $441,137 in alleged unearned overtime pay.
3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 19, 2026, 2:37 p.m. ET
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Aug 19, 2026, 3:23 p.m. ET
Five D.C. Police Officers, Civilian Employee Charged in Alleged $441,137 Overtime Scheme
Five current or former Metropolitan Police Department officers and a civilian employee have been charged in an alleged overtime fraud scheme, according to NBC Washington. The case has not been decided. It stands at the charging stage; no verdict, plea, dismissal or other resolution has been reported, and each person charged is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
The charges, as reported by NBC Washington, are first-degree fraud, first-degree theft, and forgery and uttering.
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said the five current or former MPD officers and the civilian employee falsified overtime claims, receiving a total of $441,137 in pay they did not earn while assigned to the 5th District. According to Schwalb, the conduct included forging approvals and altering official overtime records, and claiming overtime while outside the District and while on leave. Those are allegations by the Attorney General; they have not been tested at trial.
The investigation was conducted by MPD Internal Affairs. The matter falls under the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.
A note for anyone reading this later: the record in this account ends at the charging stage. Nothing here is a finding of guilt, and no outcome of the case — conviction, acquittal, plea or dismissal — has been reported in the material this story is based on. Readers should not assume the allegations were either proven or withdrawn.
Aug 19, 2026, 2:37 p.m. ETFirst report
D.C. Police Officers and Civilian Employee Charged in Alleged Overtime Fraud Scheme
Five current or former Metropolitan Police Department officers and a civilian employee have been charged in a developing case regarding alleged overtime fraud, according to reporting by NBC Washington. The charges brought against them include first-degree fraud, first-degree theft, and forgery and uttering. Because the case is at the charging stage, the charges remain allegations and the matter is undecided; the accused are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said the individuals falsified overtime claims while assigned to the 5th District, receiving a total of $441,137 in pay they did not earn. The alleged conduct included forging approvals and altering official overtime records, as well as claiming overtime while outside the District and while on leave.
The investigation into the alleged scheme was conducted by MPD Internal Affairs, and the case involves the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. The case remains open.
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