密苏里州前邮政员工认罪盗窃邮件中的返利支票与收据：量刑定于2027年2月9日
美国司法部密苏里东区联邦检察官办公室宣布，位于美国密苏里州 Butler County 的 Poplar Bluff 市一名前邮政员工 Ron Harty（44岁）已认罪，他承认盗窃顾客寄往 Menards 申请返利的邮件返利支票与购物收据。
Harty 于2026年11月3日在 Cape Girardeau 的联邦地区法院认罪，罪名包括一项邮政员工盗窃邮件罪与一项持有被盗邮件罪。
据检方公布，2025年8月15日，Harty 用四名受害人总计280.95美元的返利支票，在家居建材商店 Menards 购买了一个火盆与110块庭院砖。他还使用了一张以自己名义开具的64.05美元返利支票，其中88%的金额来自五名受害人——他们把购物收据寄给 Menards 申请返利，邮件却被 Harty 截留。调查还发现另有六名受害人寄出的九张收据被他拦截。
案发时，Harty 在 Butler County 的 Poplar Bluff 邮局任首席销售与服务专员，同时也在 Wayne County 的 Williamsville 邮局工作。他的量刑定于2027年2月9日，每项罪名最高可判5年监禁、最高25万美元罚款，或两者并罚。
本案由美国邮政监察局调查，联邦助理检察官 Chris Shelton 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部）
Former Missouri Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Rebate Checks and Receipts from the Mail
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced that Ron Harty, 44, a former postal worker in Poplar Bluff, in Butler County, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to stealing Menards rebate checks and store receipts that customers mailed in for rebates.
Harty pleaded guilty on November 3, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of theft of mail by a postal employee and one count of possession of stolen mail.
According to prosecutors, on August 15, 2025, Harty purchased a fire pit and 110 patio blocks from the home improvement store Menards using rebate checks from four victims totaling $280.95. He also used a $64.05 rebate check in his own name, 88% of which came from five victims who mailed receipts to Menards seeking rebates, only to have their mail intercepted by Harty. An investigation revealed six other victims who sent in nine receipts that Harty intercepted.
At the time, Harty worked at the Poplar Bluff Post Office in Butler County as the lead sales and service associate, as well as at the Williamsville Post Office in Wayne County. He is scheduled to be sentenced on February 9, 2027. Each charge carries a potential penalty of up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Shelton is prosecuting it. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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