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The postal worker stole mail containing credit cards from customers on her route and racked up nearly $27,000 in charges.

GRANITE CITY, Ill. — A judge sentenced a Granite City postal worker to
federal prison after she admitted to stealing credit cards from customers
along her route and racking up charges on them.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of
Illinois, 32-year-old Lakeatra White of Granite City pleaded guilty back
in September to one count of theft of mail by a postal employee, one count
of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

A southern Illinois district judge sentenced White to 32 months in federal prison with three years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay about $15,210 in restitution.

According to court documents, White was working as a city carrier
assistance at the Granite City Post Office when she stole several pieces
of mail containing gift cards, credit cards and credit card information.
On credit cards stolen from two victims, she tried to make nearly $27,000
in personal charges.

The U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General led the
investigation. During which, White turned in over 115 pieces of stolen
mail, according to court documents.

“Mail carriers are entrusted public servants, and postal workers who steal
from their customers choose to break that trust,” U.S. Attorney Rachelle
Aud Crowe said in a statement. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office will continue
to partner with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General to
hold employees committing fraud accountable.”

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/granite-city-mail-carrier- sentenced-stealing-credit-cards-from-customers/63-d2b9df87-1d12-4916-b498- 71a99e66bbc0?ref=exit-recirc

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