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Updated · Fox News · Aug 27

Joshua M. Culver Arrested on 5 Federal Counts for Forging Roberts Signature on Bogus Court Order

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Aug 27

Joshua M. Culver Arrested on 5 Federal Counts for Forging Roberts Signature on Bogus Court Order

Q: What original criminal charges was this man so desperate to escape that he forged the Chief Justice's signature?

The case he allegedly tried to make disappear in Grant County, Indiana involved **theft charges**. That detail appears in the related reporting: prosecutors say Culver forged a supposed Supreme Court “Order of Dismissal With Prejudice” bearing Chief Justice John Roberts’ name and seal to get a Grant County criminal case against him thrown out, and separate coverage identifies that Grant County matter as **a theft case**. The broader reporting also indicates he was dealing with more than one Indiana legal problem. In Lake County, he was separately accused of **threatening and harassing a judge**, and prosecutors say some of his later impersonation efforts were aimed at getting that case and other judgments or warrants dismissed as well. But the specific case tied to the forged Roberts signature in Grant County was **theft**.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 27

Colorado authorities arrested Joshua M. Culver on Aug. 21 after an Indiana grand jury charged him with four counts of impersonating a federal official and one count tied to a forged judge’s signature and court seal.
Prosecutors say Culver filed a fake “Order of Dismissal With Prejudice” in September 2025, using Chief Justice John Roberts’ forged signature and a counterfeit Supreme Court seal to try to end his Indiana criminal case.
The indictment says the alleged scheme stretched beyond that filing: Culver allegedly posed as an NSA agent, a Supreme Court “Special Master,” and a “Director of Tailored Access Operations” to demand welfare checks, records changes, and dismissal of cases against him.
Federal prosecutors also allege he threatened officials and private parties with arrests or adverse action if they did not comply, underscoring a broader pattern of using fake federal authority to influence state proceedings.