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Congressman Questions USPS After Reports of Stolen Checks and Money Orders
- Dontavis Romario Truesdale, a former USPS employee in Charlotte, was sentenced to 27 months for stealing over $1.9 million in business checks.
- Between November 2022 and April 2023, Truesdale, while employed as a processing clerk, illicitly took over 200 business checks from post office boxes and sold them to accomplices who used them to carry out bank fraud.
- Multiple victims in Baltimore report altered checks and money orders stolen from local post offices, including cases of forged checks and altered money orders cashed for thousands of dollars.
- Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski sent a letter requesting data on mail theft, fraud rates, workforce impact, and resources needed to address these issues after hearing about stolen checks up to $16,000.
- Investigations into these thefts are conducted by the Postal Inspection Service and the USPS's internal oversight office, while leadership transitions and FBI alerts underscore ongoing concerns about the increase in mail theft-related check fraud.
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Former USPS employee sentenced to 27 months in jail for stealing $1.9 million in checks - The Pulse of NH
Kevin Carter/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- A former United States Postal Service employee in North Carolina was sentenced to 27 months in prison after he allegedly stole over $1.9 million in checks from P.O. boxes, according to federal prosecutors.D...
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