Ex-Colorado deputy charged with fraud led double life [Video]

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. — A now-fired El Paso County deputy who was reported missing twice last year conned friends, family members and coworkers into giving him thousands of dollars by falsely claiming he had cancer but spent the money on jewelry, vacations and food, an arrest affidavit says.

Kevin Sypher, 57, was arrested in March on charges of theft, charitable fraud and official misconduct. The affidavit for his arrest indicates he was living a double life – and had married his second wife in March 2023 while still legally married to his first wife.

Sypher began working with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in 2009 as a volunteer. He eventually became a jail deputy and then a crisis negotiator. He was terminated in August 2023 after an internal affairs investigation.

His firing came shortly after he took leave for a medical procedure and …