ST. LOUIS — A former St. Louis alderman is facing new federal charges involving fraud, according to an indictment filed Wednesday.
Brandon Bosley is accused of asking a used car dealer to defraud an insurance company. The incident happened in 2021.
The grand jury indictment says Bosely bought a car from a man for $500, but the value was nearly $10,000. Bosley drove the Toyota Prius as his personal vehicle but did not register it in his name until April 2022.
In September 2021, another car struck Bosley's Prius. Five months later, the Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance Company contacted Bosley to pay for repairs.
Bosley asked the used car dealer to prepare an estimate for repairs for the insurance company. In conversations outlined in the indictment, Bosley convinces the man to inflate the estimate and total the vehicle.
"Well, real talk, I may not even want it fixed," Bosley said in a conversation documented in the indictment. "I may just want it where I have something different. I honestly think it's totaled, and you know, it drives sideways."
The grand jury indicted Bosley with scheming to defraud, three counts of wire fraud and making false statements to FBI special agents. He has previously pleaded not guilty to the wire fraud charges.
Bosley was connected to a separate bizarre incident in December 2022, when he claimed that a woman tried to carjack him. He shared a video on Facebook of a woman lying in the snow on a street. He flashed a gun at the woman. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney later charged Bosley with filing a false police report. That case is ongoing.
Bosley represented the Third Ward in the Board of Aldermen in the City of St. Louis from 2017 to 2023. He lost the primary election in 2023 when the number of Wards was cut in half, and he faced other incumbents.
His father, Freeman Bosley, Sr., was the longest-sitting alderman in St. Louis City, and his brother, Freeman Bosley, Jr., was the first African American mayor of St. Louis. His sister, LaKeySha Bosley, is a state representative, and his mother, Lucinda Frazier, is a committeewoman.