This will certainly make you think twice about trusting the nation’s postal services. Recently, a U.S. Postal Service employee as well as two other individuals were arrested for their involvement in a huge scheme to steal mail checks which totaled more than $24 million.
This shocking discovery has left many outraged. The accused are Nakedra Shannon, 29; Donnell Gardner, 27; and Desiray Carter, 24. Here is everything we know so far about this criminal enterprise.
According to the release from the U.S Attorney’s Office in Charlotte, North Carolina, Shannon was employed by USPS as a mail processing clerk at the sorting facility located there. She worked with Gardner and Carter in an operation that allegedly stole outgoing and incoming checks from April through July of 2023.
All three then sold them on Telegram using an account named “SW1PER” operated by Carter.
A U.S. Postal Service worker and two others have been charged in a scheme in which $24 million worth of checks were stolen from the mail and offered for sale online, federal prosecutors say. https://t.co/BCaILaAikj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2023
Shockingly enough, over $12 million of these stolen checks were posted for sale while another $8 million were taken from US Treasury accounts belonging to citizens and businesses alike. It appears that all proceeds were split between the group with half going to Carter and Shannon while the other half went to Gardner according to NBC News reports.
In addition, undercover officers posed as buyers on Telegram which allowed them access to a Bitcoin wallet belonging to one of the suspects as well as their CashApp account which had received hundreds of thousands in criminal earnings from these activities.
All three individuals have been charged with five counts of theft government property as well as one count relating conspiracy charges against financial institution frauds. Adding even more serious charges onto what they already face is eight counts of theft related charges against postal employees filed against Shannon alone along with seven possession charges related offenses lodged against both Gardner and Carter.
All three have made bail after an initial court hearing but could be looking at some serious jail time if convicted on all counts.
