New Jersey Repeat Mail Fraudster Charged With Targeting $12,000,000 From Bank and Mailing 36,000 Fake Invoices to Schools

A New Jersey man who has served two prison terms for mail scams has been charged again with trying to claim $12 million from a bank and billing schools for books they never ordered.

Robert Armstrong, 56, of Turnersville, has been charged with bank fraud and mail fraud, reports NJ.com.

Federal authorities allege he used fake documents, including a power of attorney, to go after about $12 million in unclaimed funds tied to a 2003 hedge fund investment.

Investigators say the bank sent him a $2,806,524 cashier’s check that he deposited at a branch in Sewell on November 19th, 2025, but the bank declined the deposit because it could not verify the funds.

Armstrong also allegedly filed a claim for $9,251,641.71 with Texas, which denied it.

Postal Inspector Michael Marro Jr. alleges Armstrong paid for five bulk mailings of more than 36,000 fake book invoices to schools across the US and Canada between February and August of 2026.

Marro wrote in the complaint that the invoices school officials provided were

“nearly identical to the ones previously recovered during a prior investigation of Armstrong in 2014.”

Armstrong had deposited 43 checks of $263 each, totaling $11,309, when he was charged.

His first prison term, in late 2015, came from a school invoice scam that brought in $612,774, and a 2020 sentence followed a medical supply invoice scam that brought in $214,495.

Armstrong was charged on October 30th and arrested on November 4th, and he remains in federal detention in Philadelphia.