Postal worker stole $281K from the mail in California, feds say. She’s arrested
A U.S. Postal Service supervisor is accused of stealing more than $281,000 in checks and money orders from the mail and depositing the funds in her own bank accounts, federal prosecutors said.
The 36-year-old woman from Compton was arrested Dec. 19 in connection with one count of bank fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a news release.
An attorney for the woman wasn’t listed in court records Dec. 20.
McClatchy News reached out to a spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service in Orange County on Dec. 20 and was awaiting a response.
Prosecutors said the woman was a supervisor at the Costa Mesa Post Office.
She’s accused of intercepting more than 20 checks and money orders since July – including one for $114,000 – and putting the money in her own accounts, prosecutors said.
One of the stolen checks was intended by the sender to pay rent for an animal hospital in Newport Beach, according to a court document.
In another case, it was reported that several money orders never made it to the sender’s landlord as intended, the document said. The sender went to the Costa Mesa Post Office and staff said they couldn’t find them, according to the court document.
Agents searched her home and car Dec. 19, prosecutors said.
She was scheduled to make her first court appearance that day.
This story was originally published December 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM with the headline "Postal worker stole $281K from the mail in California, feds say. She’s arrested."
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