A Dedham resident, Wyoming Killingbarrows, has pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud and money laundering in a federal court in Boston. The 30-year-old, born as Patricio Junio Brito Pontes Barros, admitted to four counts of bank fraud and one count of money laundering. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs has set the sentencing date for October 2, 2025.
Killingbarrows was charged in April 2025 after submitting 18 fraudulent bank loan applications between June and July 2021. He used his birth name, Patricio Barros, and provided false income information along with fraudulent paystubs to support his applications. These actions led banks to issue loans totaling $329,002, which Killingbarrows did not repay. Instead, he spent the funds on personal expenses and investments.
The penalties for each bank fraud charge include up to 30 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million. The money laundering charge carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the amount involved in the transaction. Sentences are determined by a federal district court judge according to U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and relevant statutes.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Randy Maloney from the U.S. Secret Service’s Boston Field Office; and Thomas Demeo from the IRS Criminal Investigation’s Boston Field Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian J. Sullivan is handling the prosecution.
