Overview

• Federal prosecutors unsealed charges on June 23, 2025, accusing Leo John Govoni and John Leo Witeck of orchestrating a scheme that allegedly siphoned more than $100 million from the Center for Special Needs Trust Administration.
• According to the indictment, from June 2009 through May 2025, the duo and co-conspirators misappropriated client-beneficiary funds meant for individuals with disabilities.
• Investigators say the stolen money financed personal real estate purchases, private jet travel, a brewery venture and other lavish expenses.
• Govoni faces additional counts of bank fraud related to a $3 million mortgage refinance loan and making false bankruptcy declarations during CSNT’s February 2024 insolvency filing.
• The case represents a collaborative probe by the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigations, the HHS Office of Inspector General and the SSA Office of Inspector General with potential sentences up to 30 years in prison if convictions are secured.