Mike Sabo
| Michael "Mike" Sabo | |
|---|---|
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| Born: | circa 1944 McKeesport, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation: | Federal prison consultant |
| Known for: | Founder and Executive Director, Prison Consultants of America |
| Charges: | Bank fraud, forgery, grand larceny, identity theft; impersonating a federal official |
| Sentence: | Approximately 14 years across federal and state prisons |
| Status: | Released |
Michael "Mike" Sabo is an American federal prison consultant and founder of Prison Consultants of America LLC, a Chicago-based firm. He spent decades as a check, stock and bond forger and impostor before serving roughly 14 years across federal and state prisons, and he built his consulting practice around that experience after his release.[1]
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Background
Sabo grew up in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.[1] Over roughly two decades beginning in the 1970s, he operated as a check, stock, and bond forger and impostor, and was at one point a fugitive from federal custody.[1] By 1992 he had been convicted of bank fraud, forgery, grand larceny, and identity theft in both federal and state courts.[1] In 2004-2005, while owing roughly $95,000 in unpaid federal income tax from the 1990s, he impersonated an IRS official to fraudulently release tax liens against his own property, for which he received a one-year federal sentence in 2009.[1] In total, Sabo has said he served roughly 14 years across federal and state prisons.[1]
Distinct persons, not Mike Sabo of Prison Consultants of America: several unrelated people surface in searches under similar names, including a different "John Sabo" sentenced in a separate 2025 advance-fee fraud case in New Jersey and Florida, and an attorney named Michael G. Sabo at a Philadelphia law firm. Neither is connected to Prison Consultants of America.
Prison Consultants of America
Sabo founded Prison Consultants of America LLC, which operates from Chicago, Illinois, under the tagline "Get Home Sooner."[2] The firm's own site states it was founded in 2006, though other public records, including Sabo's own LinkedIn history and a business-directory listing, point to a 2009 founding, matching his release from his final federal sentence that year.[2][3] The firm advertises sentencing-prep strategy, federal prison navigation, BOP facility-designation assistance, Residential Drug Abuse Program guidance, and post-release reintegration support, aimed at first-time, non-violent, white-collar federal defendants.[2]
Media
Sabo's background and role at Prison Consultants of America were reported in a 2010 Times Union (Albany, NY) profile, which traced his path from forger and fugitive to consultant, and were referenced independently in a 2013 AND Magazine piece by rival consultant Christopher Zoukis.[1] More recently, Sabo was quoted by name as "Prison Consultants of America Executive Director Michael Sabo" in an October 2025 St. Louis Public Radio/Capitol News Illinois story on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal prison designation.[4]
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Who is Mike Sabo?
Mike Sabo is an American federal prison consultant and founder of Prison Consultants of America LLC, based in Chicago. He served roughly 14 years across federal and state prisons for forgery, bank fraud, and related offenses before founding his consulting practice.
Q: What did Mike Sabo do before consulting?
He operated for decades as a check, stock, and bond forger and impostor, was convicted of bank fraud, forgery, grand larceny, and identity theft by 1992, and later received a one-year federal sentence in 2009 for impersonating an IRS official.
Q: What services does Prison Consultants of America offer?
The firm advertises sentencing-prep strategy, federal prison navigation, BOP facility-designation assistance, RDAP guidance, and post-release reintegration support for first-time, non-violent, white-collar federal defendants.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wikipedia, "Michael Sabo," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sabo.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Prison Consultants of America, https://www.pcamer.com/.
- ↑ MapQuest, "Prison Consultants of America LLC," https://www.mapquest.com/us/illinois/prison-consultants-of-america-llc-791192121.
- ↑ St. Louis Public Radio, "Ex-speaker Madigan reports to West Virginia prison for 7-year sentence," October 14, 2025, https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2025-10-14/ex-speaker-madigan-reports-west-virginia-prison-7-year-sentence.