Former UD student indicted for stalking, fraud

DELAWARE – A former University of Delaware student has been extradited from Germany to the United States on federal charges of cyberstalking and threats made in interstate or foreign commerce.

According to the July 2022 stalking and threatening communications indictment and other publicly filed documents, 29-year-old Kyle Stevens moved to Germany in October 2020. Shortly after, he allegedly began sending threatening messages to two female former classmates from the University of Delaware. Over the course of several months, Stevens reportedly used multiple electronic platforms to send the victims numerous messages, including expressing his intent to kill them by ““put[ting] a bullet in [their] head[s]” and stating he could do so “whenever [he] want[s].”

Stevens was separately indicted for wire fraud and money laundering. According to that indictment, while Stevens lived in Germany, he applied for ten fraudulent loans or grants under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Stevens allegedly filed those applications on behalf of five fictitious businesses and obtained approximately $1.4 million in fraudulent loan and grant disbursements. Law enforcement has seized more than $1.1 million of these funds through associated forfeiture proceedings.

If convicted, Stevens faces a maximum of five years in prison for threats and stalking and 20 years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering.