前邮政投递员盗卖邮件支票被判六年半：3400万美元银行诈骗案波及约6500人
美国司法部11月4日通报，印第安纳州 Indianapolis 前邮政投递员 Destinee Ruffin（29 岁）因从邮件中盗窃支票、参与一项 3,400 万美元的银行诈骗共谋，被判处六年半监禁。此案由印第安纳州南区联邦检察官办公室办理，是特朗普政府「消除诈骗特别工作组」框架下的案件之一。Ruffin 此前已就共谋银行诈骗与盗窃邮件两项罪名认罪。
据法院文件，Ruffin 曾在 Indianapolis 的 Bacon Station 邮局（2727 E. 55th Street）担任投递员。2020 年 11 月至 2022 年 5 月间，她利用经手来往邮件的职务便利窃取支票，再转卖给同伙：她向同伙 John Young 供应了逾 1,200 万美元的被盗支票，向 Tony McMullen 供应了逾 23.5 万美元的被盗支票。McMullen 篡改支票收款人信息后存入银行套现；Young 则通过中间人存入被盗支票，并曾在 Telegram 上挂售。
调查人员以记录序号的受控财政部支票循线锁定 Ruffin 的投递路线。2024 年 4 月，执法人员搜查 Ruffin 的车辆、住所、本人及电子设备，发现数千张尚未出售的被盗支票，价值逾 2,000 万美元。联邦检察官办公室估计，这起诈骗波及约 6,500 名受害人，包括 2020 年 11 月至 2022 年 5 月间在该投递路线沿线居住或工作、曾邮寄纸质支票的人。
本案三名同伙此前已被判刑：McMullen 被判两年九个月监禁并赔偿 121,270.30 美元，Eric Hollis 被判一年零一天并赔偿 117,275.30 美元，Kendall Thompson 被判四个月并赔偿 9,320.05 美元；同伙 Young 尚待判刑。案件由美国邮政局监察长办公室、美国邮政检查局与财政部税务行政监察长办公室联合调查。
（来源：美国司法部）
Ex-Postal Worker Receives Six-and-a-Half-Year Sentence for Stealing Checks in $34 Million Fraud Scheme
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 4 that Destinee Ruffin, 29, of Indianapolis, Indiana, a former United States Postal Service letter carrier, has received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence for stealing checks from the U.S. Mail as part of a $34 million conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The case, prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana, was brought as part of the Trump Administration's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. Ruffin had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and theft of mail.
According to court documents, Ruffin was employed as a letter carrier at the Bacon Station Post Office, 2727 E. 55th Street in Indianapolis. Between November 2020 and May 2022, she used her access to both incoming and outgoing mail to steal checks, which she then sold to co-conspirators: she supplied John Young with more than $12 million in stolen checks and provided Tony McMullen with stolen checks worth more than $235,000. McMullen altered payee information on stolen checks and negotiated 36 of them, worth approximately $235,632, while Young used mid-level conspirators to deposit stolen checks and listed many of them for sale on Telegram.
Investigators uncovered the scheme by mailing controlled Treasury checks with recorded serial numbers and tracing them back to Ruffin's delivery route. In April 2024, officers executed a search warrant on Ruffin's vehicle, residence, person, and electronic devices and discovered thousands of stolen checks valued at over $20 million that she had stolen but not yet sold. The U.S. Attorney's Office estimates that approximately 6,500 victims were affected by the scheme.
Three of Ruffin's co-conspirators had already been sentenced: Tony McMullen received two years and nine months in prison and $121,270.30 in restitution; Eric Hollis received one year and one day and $117,275.30 in restitution; and Kendall Thompson received four months and $9,320.05 in restitution. John Young is awaiting a sentencing date. The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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