Three silver sedans pulled into his Oklahoma City driveway. When he stepped outside, 6 federal agents were crouched behind their cars with guns drawn. He had no criminal record and had never received a target letter.

Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Oklahoma charged the former CEO of an Oklahoma City construction company with bank fraud involving $2.3 million. A superseding indictment added 9 more bank fraud counts and 1 count of obstruction of justice. Ryan fought the case for about 18 months. On January 30, 2026, weeks before trial, all charges were dismissed under a pretrial diversion agreement.

On this episode of TARGET he sits down with Alex Little, who represented him, and Amy Nelson to talk about the morning of his arrest, the ride downtown in handcuffs, how he found his lawyer by reading cases on PACER, the math a parent does about missed birthdays, and the phone call that told him it was over.

0:00 Cold open
1:00 A bank fraud case in Oklahoma City
2:03 10 missed calls and an arrest warrant
4:41 “Look outside your window”
8:43 6 agents, guns drawn
11:52 His son, alone in the house
15:23 The ride downtown
16:51 No target letter
20:07 The interview in the back seat
22:33 3 phone calls and “People don’t lie to the FBI”
26:26 How the case ended
27:39 Lunch in a holding cell
29:11 Walk, don’t run, to a lawyer
32:01 Shackled into a federal courtroom
35:55 Sent home on a signature
38:07 United States of America v. Ryan Bloom
40:31 A Cybertruck that didn’t exist yet
42:15 The color-coded scorecard
45:39 Researching his own case on PACER
46:27 How he found Alex Little
51:58 If a target letter had come first
54:18 Her 14th birthday
55:54 The call that it was over
59:10 What he’d tell himself on day one
63:04 There is no apology

TARGET is a podcast about what it means to be in the crosshairs of the federal government. Alex Little is a former federal prosecutor and CIA analyst who now defends people facing federal investigations and charges, including bank fraud, wire fraud, bribery, and public corruption cases, at Litson PLLC in Nashville. Amy Nelson’s husband spent 4 years under federal investigation and was never charged. Every week they sit down with someone who has lived it: the indicted, the acquitted, the pardoned, and the convicted. Nobody relitigates the case. The only question is what you wish you’d known before it began.

If you have received a target letter, or think you might be under federal investigation for bank fraud or another white collar charge, this show is for you.

Watch Episode 2 with P.G. Sittenfeld: https://youtu.be/bFu3g37MgKo
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From Litson PLLC in Nashville.

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For about 18 months an old friend and longtime campaign donor had been recording their conversations for the FBI. Undercover agents posed as out-of-town developers who wanted city help with a downtown project.

Federal prosecutors charged him with honest-services wire fraud, federal program bribery, and attempted Hobbs Act extortion. A jury acquitted him on 4 of the 6 counts, including both wire fraud counts. It convicted him on 1 bribery count and 1 attempted extortion count tied to $20,000 in campaign contributions. He was sentenced to 16 months and served part of that at FCI Ashland before a federal appeals court released him while his appeal was pending.

President Trump pardoned him in May 2025. P.G. had never applied for a pardon. In April 2026 the Supreme Court vacated the appeals court ruling against him, and in August 2026 a federal judge dismissed the indictment with prejudice and ordered the government to refund his fine.

On this episode of TARGET he sits down with Alex Little and Amy Nelson to talk about the morning of his arrest, finding out a friend had worn a wire, and what a federal public corruption case does to a marriage and a young family.

TARGET is a podcast about what it means to be in the crosshairs of the federal government. Alex Little is a former federal prosecutor and CIA analyst who now defends people facing federal investigations and charges, including bank fraud, wire fraud, bribery, and public corruption cases, at Litson PLLC in Nashville. Amy Nelson’s husband spent 4 years under federal investigation and was never charged. Every week they sit down with someone who has lived it: the indicted, the acquitted, the pardoned, and the convicted. Nobody relitigates the case. The only question is what you wish you’d known before it began.

If you have received a target letter, or think you might be under federal investigation for fraud, bribery, or another white collar charge, this show is for you.

Watch Episode 1 with Todd and Julie Chrisley: https://youtu.be/mL0pzFR0rqI

Subscribe to TARGET: https://www.youtube.com/@targetpod
Newsletter: https://thetargetpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetargetpodcast
Website: https://thetargetpodcast.litson.co

From Litson PLLC in Nashville.

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On the first episode of TARGET, they sit down with Alex Little and Amy Nelson to talk about what they wish they’d known on day one.

TARGET is a podcast about what it means to be in the crosshairs of the federal government. Alex Little is a former federal prosecutor and CIA analyst who now defends the people the system hunts. Amy Nelson’s husband spent 4 years under federal investigation and was never charged. Every week they sit down with someone who has lived it: the indicted, the acquitted, the pardoned, and the convicted. Nobody relitigates the case. The only question is what you wish you’d known before it began.

If you have received a target letter, or think you might be under federal investigation, this episode is where to start.

Chapters
0:00 Cold open
1:07 “When did you first find out you were targeted?”
5:38 The warehouse search, mid-filming
11:04 Waiving the statute of limitations
13:29 Interview your attorneys
35:52 The verdict
53:32 Walking into prison
1:09:47 What they would tell themselves on day one
1:13:23 Prison to the palace

Subscribe to TARGET: https://www.youtube.com/@targetpod
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Website: https://thetargetpodcast.litson.co

New episodes every Thursday. Next: P.G. Sittenfeld, the former Cincinnati councilman, on the bribery case that sent him to federal prison and the pardon that followed.

From Litson PLLC in Nashville.

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