A U.S. Postal Service employee was arrested final week on suspicion of swiping greater than 20 checks from the mail and depositing $281,000 into numerous financial institution accounts below her identify, authorities stated.
Joivian Tjuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, California, was charged with one rely of financial institution fraud and faces a most sentence of 30 years in federal jail if convicted, in keeping with the U.S. lawyer’s workplace.
Hayes, who prosecutors recognized as a supervisor on the Costa Mesa Put up Workplace in Orange County, is accused of stealing nearly two dozen checks from the workplace since July, prosecutors stated.
Hayes allegedly deposited the checks in her accounts at numerous banks by forging the signatures of payees, prosecutors stated. One in all these checks was for greater than $114,000, in keeping with authorities.
Surveillance digital camera footage allegedly reveals Hayes depositing the stolen checks at ATMs in Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley and Compton, prosecutors stated.
She can also be suspected of stealing forex price tens of 1000’s of {dollars}, in addition to gold cash, in keeping with authorities.
Federal brokers searched Hayes’ Compton residence and her automobile, a 2023 BMW, on Thursday.
The matter was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service Workplace of Inspector Basic.
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