Indiana Man Arrested for Forging Chief Justice Roberts’ Signature on Fake Supreme Court Order

Joshua M. Culver was arrested Friday in Colorado on federal charges after a grand jury in Indiana indicted him on four counts of falsely impersonating a U.S. officer or employee and one count involving forged judicial signatures and court seals. Authorities say Culver also operated under the alias “Maverick A. Young” as part of an elaborate scheme to circumvent the judicial system and secure favorable outcomes in pending cases against him.

On September 24, 2025, Culver allegedly submitted a document titled “Order of Dismissal With Prejudice” to Grant County Superior Court in Indiana using a forged signature purporting to be from Chief Justice John Roberts and a counterfeit U.S. Supreme Court seal. The fraudulent filing was intended to dismiss criminal charges pending against Culver in the Indiana state court system, according to federal prosecutors.

The Supreme Court forgery was not an isolated incident, prosecutors allege. Five days earlier on September 19, 2025, Culver posed as a National Security Agency agent when contacting the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office, requesting that deputies conduct a welfare check on his biological daughter and disclose her location.

During that same interaction, Culver allegedly demanded employee names and information from the sheriff’s office while threatening to take “adverse action” against the department using his fabricated NSA authority. The following day, September 20, 2025, Culver telephoned the workplace of an individual and falsely identified himself as a federal agent, claiming the person was obstructing a federal child kidnapping investigation.

In January 2026, Culver escalated his deception by contacting the Lake County clerk and a Superior Court judge while claiming to be a “Special Master enforcing orders of the United States Supreme Court.” He demanded that officials dismiss cases and judgments against him, alter vital records, and threatened arrests for obstruction and conspiracy if they did not comply.

The following month in February 2026, Culver filed another fraudulent document in Lake County Superior Court, this time purporting to be from the “Director of Tailored Access Operations,” which he described as an intelligence agency. The document, bearing fabricated official letterhead, demanded dismissal of the pending case with prejudice, warrant quashing, and cooperation with a purported federal audit.

Culver was arrested August 21 and has been appointed representation by the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Colorado. The charges carry serious federal penalties for identity fraud and judicial system obstruction.