Milwaukee indictment

​2/6/2026
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin

"Brad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on February 3, 2026, a federal grand jury indicted Brandi Ellis (45), Jason Flanders (51), Ramon Hernandez (45), and Jezlia Barajas (39), in a fifteen-count indictment related to an embezzlement scheme perpetrated against a Milwaukee-area non-profit.

"According to the indictment, Ellis, the finance director of the non-profit, and Flanders, the non-profit’s Chief Financial Officer, engaged in a scheme to issue unauthorized checks to themselves and third parties on the non-profit’s bank accounts. The indictment also charges that Ellis used the non-profit’s credit cards to make personal purchases, including at Gucci and the Venetian/Palazzo in Las Vegas..."

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwi/pr/four-wisconsin-residents-charged-fraud-embezzlement-scheme

The name of the non-profit is...
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee!