The Fake Federal Agents: A True Crime Case

In October 2019, a crew wearing DEA vests, carrying badges, and driving a car with working police lights abducted a Naperville businessman from a parking lot while bystanders looked away — then spent the night torturing him for a $500,000 ransom.This episode is built from 91 federal court documents: the indictment, trial testimony, the government's 33-page sentencing memorandum, and the signed judgment for United States v. Sedgwick Williams et al. (1:19-cr-00932, N.D. Illinois). The crew's organizer, Sedgwick Williams, is now serving 50 years in federal prison. The case closed in 2024. Three sets of DNA from inside the kidnapping car have never been matched to a name.Court documents are sent exclusively to subscribers when episodes drop — subscribe now at https://truecrimeunheard.com/subscribe so you don't miss future case files.