Exhibit 2 — USA v. Brown, et al. (Dkt. 92.2)

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · No. 1:23-cr-00097 · Doc. 92-2 · 2025-06-25 · Docket on CourtListener

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LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE (LES)
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Other Sources
201-813-139945
Tedora Brown, et al
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5/10/2021 - 5/17/2021
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Involvement Date:
United States Secret Service
LYDIA SIZEMORE
Reporting Agent:
Details of Involvement:
On 5/10/2021, Investigative Analyst Delena Spann conducted a property search to find all properties owned by Christopher
SCOTT, Tedora BROWN, Scottland Construction, and Scottland Development Corporation. This search revealed thirteen
lots which had been purchased between 10/06/2020 and 11/20/2020.
On 5/11/2021, I searched on redfin.com and realtor.com for properties for sale in Robbins, IL which appeared similar to
known projects by SCOTT and BROWN. During this search, I found 3707 139th Pl., Robbins, IL 60472, which was for sale
for $315,000 and advertised as a 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom home by Jaime Birks of the Corona Realty Group, Inc (
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3707-W-139th-St_Robbins_IL_60472_M91508-14357). The listing
advertised an open house would take place on 5/15/2021 at 1300 hours. In addition to this listing, there were approximately
ten listings that matched the general description of houses and location which SCOTT and BROWN claim they are
developing.
On 5/15/2021, Special Agent (SA) William Roseborough and I conducted address checks on locations including 3650 W.
139th St, Robbins, IL, 13730 S. Ridgway Ave, Robbins, IL, 15600 Kedzie Ave, Markham, IL, as well as other locations with
new construction seen close by to the cross streets 139th St and S Lawndale Ave. In addition, we attended the open house
for 3707 139th.
3650 W. 139th St. – Area had been leveled, but no further construction had taken place.
13730 S. Ridgeway Ave. – Area had a partially constructed row of townhomes and a silver van parked in front. As we were
driving past, SCOTT drove into the construction site in a white Ford F150 with the license plate 2232369. On 5/17/2021, I
searched TLO for this license plate and found it was a 2017 F10 registered to Scottland Construction LLC. The VIN was
1FTEW1EP6HFC83576 and the title had been transferred to Scottland Construction on 4/12/2021.
15600 S. Kedzie Ave – Area had no development and was still a heavily wooded lot.
Aside from these specific addresses, there were new constructions on 139th Place near the site where the open house was
taking place, as well as a nearly identical house being constructed on the S. Lawndale Ave north of 139th St. These
addresses were all listed by Corona Realty Group.  All new construction appeared to be using the same vendors for
construction. The most obvious example of this was that all new homes had Jeld-Wen signs in the windows.
At approximately 1322 hours, SA Roseborough and I went to 3703 139th Street for the advertised open house. Inside, we
were greeted by Darian who appeared to be with Corona Realty. He confirmed that all of the new construction in the area
was by the same developers. The construction was mostly completed, with the exception of outlet covers, lighting, and
railings for the stairs. Outside of the house still had a dumpster and garbage from the construction.
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As we were leaving the open house, a white pickup truck with the license plate 2621041 pulled up to the cross streets of
139th Place and S. Lawndale Ave. and idled there for several minutes.
At approximately 1344 hours all address checks were completed.
On 5/17/2021, I searched for the license plate 2621041 on TLO and found it belonged to Robbins Development, LLC. For
this business, one of the managers is listed as Marvin Wells. Wells appears to be involved with a number of different
construction and development companies. On 12/10/2020, SCOTT had posted a live video to his Facebook page with the
caption “New Townhouses Going Up In Robbins!!!...” The audio on this video was not clear, but SCOTT appeared to
introduce another man in the video as “Marv.”
On 5/13/2021, a freeze letter was sent to BMO Harris National Bank in order to hold funds in SCOTT and BROWN’s
accounts that were subject to seizure pursuant to an upcoming warrant.
On 5/14/2021, I received a response from BMO Harris National Bank by fax stating that the accounts were now frozen.
Following this correspondence, I received a call on my mobile phone from the number (708) 368-1252 at 1428 hours. On
the call a male voice repeatedly said “hello?” and “who is this?” before the call disconnected. Following this, I received two
more calls from this number that same day and two on the morning of the 15th.
The phone number (708) 368-1252 is the phone number advertised for the majority of businesses run by SCOTT including
Opulent Credit Builders. It is also the phone number he has posted in the past on Facebook comments directing people to
contact him. In addition, according to a search on the TransUnion TLOxp (TLO), it is SCOTT’s phone number.
On 5/14/2021, I spoke with BMO Harris Bank Investigator Horacio Isais who stated that it was not common practice for the
bank to give out phone numbers following freeze orders, but would contact the legal department to see what happened and
how much information was given out.
On 5/17/2021, Investigator Isais emailed me and stated that he had spoken with the team that placed the freeze and wrote
the notes on the account.  He told me the employee who provided the information should have reached out to the freeze
team for direction instead of providing the number on the records to the customer.  He stated the records are for internal
purposes only. In addition, he said he would look into the account history to try and determine which employee may have
provided the information.
On 5/17/2021 at 1036 hours, SCOTT attempted to call my mobile phone again and at 1037 hours, he sent a text message
stating “Hello Ma’am, I called you last week and I’m trying to see why your number is on my bank account?” Later that day,
he called at 1352 hours and then at 1353 hours he sent a text message that said “Hello," followed by "Yooooo" and then a
message that said "Let me do some more digging."  At 1344 hours, SCOTT texted again "Secret Service" followed
immeidately by "Lydia Sizemore."  At 2006 hours, Scott called by mobile phone again.
Case continued. 
Report submitted by Special Agent (SA) Lydia Sizemore.
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