Mail carrier admits stealing $443,000 in tax refund checks

Cbs ^ | April 29, 2016

[lowbridge]

Champagne delivered mail in Pennsauken. Prosecutors say he admitted stealing 72 U.S. Department of the Treasury checks totaling $443,000 and giving them to other people, who weren't named in court documents. Fishman says those people paid Champagne $50 per stolen check in 2014.

Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. Sentencing is Aug. 3.

[sheik yerbouty]

An honor student as a child..

[Drew68]

Do people still get actual checks in the mail?

What's a check?

[ozaukeemom]

Were these all tax refund checks? The average works out to over $6K apiece!

[Safetgiver]

I swear I was told no SS, no unemployment, no IRS refund without DD. The gubbmint even pays for people to have check cashing privs.

[Dr. Sivana]

Who the hell gives a child a name like that?

That's his last name. His first name is "Earl", which actually isn't so bad.

[SVTCobra03]

What is this “refund” that you speak of? I consider a tax refund as giving the government an interest free loan. I would rather owe the feds around $200 every April 15th.

[Safetgiver]

I asked during a job interview (part-time) would you like a voided check? Guy said “Why”. I said you just gave me a job, how are you gonna pay? He said something like PayChexRus. No direct deposit. I said ‘Thanks, but no thanks.’ and walked out.

[Jacquerie]

<>The problem is that this carrier obviously had Champagne taste.<>

Only if your idea of good taste and risking prison is selling 72 checks for fifty bucks each.

[xp38]

His accomplice

[unixfox]

I’m sure the mail carriers union will take care of him well.

He has NOTHING to worry about.

[ViLaLuz]

I prefer Spumante.

[beethovenfan]

Newman!!

[Dilbert San Diego]

So you won’t take a job where the company gives you a check and doesn’t have direct deposit capabilities???

[cornfedcowboy]

How about a name like Ladasha. Spelled “L-a”.
No, I am not kidding.

[bgill]

Who knew there’s such a thing as a tax refund?!?

[bgill]

Obama’s brother.

[sheana]

That was my question. People still get refunds? I usually owe. I refuse to loan this government money all year at 0 interest.

[Starstruck]

You would really, really have to be an absolute flaming moron to commit mail theft for $50 an instance.

Unless of course one check was for $439,000 amd the rest were for about $50 apiece.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Curious, I googled and found a company called PayChex. They did not in turn, at the time, support the direct deposit operation? I would have researched, or asked for the literature. It would be illogical for a major payroll outsourcer NOT to support this.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Jerry - "Mailmen - aren't they the guys who go berserk and start shooting people all over the place?"
Newman -(menacingly)"......sometimes".