Portland男子盗窃数百封邮件冒用身份诈骗银行 被判55个月联邦监禁
美国司法部俄勒冈区联邦检察官办公室宣布，俄勒冈州 Portland 市男子 Michael John Peters 已被判处55个月联邦监禁。Peters 现年43岁，此前已就持有被盗邮件、持有伪造邮政箭头钥匙、银行诈骗与加重身份盗窃四项罪名认罪，法庭另判其监管释放3年，并须向受害人赔偿30,079美元、缴纳400美元特别评估费。联邦检察官 Scott Bradford 公布了判决。
据法庭文件，2025年5月起，美国邮政检查局（U.S. Postal Inspection Service）开始调查 Portland 都市圈多栋公寓与共管公寓楼发生的一系列邮件盗窃。监控画面显示，Peters 进入有门禁的住宅楼，用伪造的邮政箭头钥匙打开集群信箱盗走邮件。
2025年7月8日，Peters 再次试图盗窃邮件时被保安人员当场撞见，他丢下一个背包逃走，包内装有伪造邮政钥匙、多名受害人的被盗邮件，以及一件用于进入门禁建筑的工具。
调查人员查明，Peters 利用从被盗邮件中获取的信息冒用他人身份实施银行诈骗：他曾以一名受害人的名义开设支票账户，并从一家金融机构贷得20,000美元；他还提交了多份欺诈性贷款申请，向多家金融机构索贷合计超过100,000美元。
2025年9月22日，邮政检查员持联邦搜查令搜查了 Peters 用一名受害人身份租下的一处公寓。执法人员抵达时，有住户报告 Peters 从高层阳台跳到该住户位于12层的阳台上，穿过其住所后经楼梯逃走。搜查中，调查人员查获约393封被盗邮件、22张身份证件、15张礼品卡、15张借记卡与信用卡、伪造身份证件，以及制造伪造钥匙与假证件的设备，包括3D打印机、配钥匙机、读卡器与硅胶钥匙模具等。
法庭记录显示，Peters 此前曾在夏威夷州与加利福尼亚州因类似罪行被定罪，在俄勒冈州作案期间正处于两地的缓刑期。调查人员随后在 Peters 一名伴侣的住所将其逮捕，并从其手机中查获更多身份盗窃活动的证据。
此案由美国邮政检查局调查，Portland 警察局与美国财政部税务监察局（TIGTA）协助，由俄勒冈区首席助理联邦检察官 William M. Narus 负责起诉。
（来源：美国司法部）
Portland Man Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Mail Theft and Identity Theft Scheme
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced that Michael John Peters, 43, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison for stealing hundreds of pieces of mail, using stolen identities to commit bank fraud, and possessing counterfeit postal service keys. U.S. Attorney Scott Bradford announced the sentence.
Peters received three years of supervised release in addition to the prison term, after pleading guilty to possession of stolen mail, possession of counterfeit postal service arrow keys, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The court also ordered him to pay $30,079 in restitution to victims and a $400 special assessment.
According to court documents, beginning in May 2025, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated a series of mail thefts from apartment and condominium buildings throughout the Portland metropolitan area. Surveillance footage showed Peters entering secured residential buildings, opening cluster mailboxes using counterfeit postal service keys, and stealing mail.
On July 8, 2025, Peters was confronted by security staff while attempting another mail theft. He abandoned a backpack containing counterfeit postal service keys, stolen mail belonging to multiple victims, and a device used to gain access to secured buildings.
Investigators determined that Peters used information obtained from stolen mail to commit identity theft and bank fraud. In one instance, he opened a checking account in a victim's name and obtained a $20,000 loan from a financial institution. He also submitted additional fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $100,000 from various financial institutions.
On September 22, 2025, U.S. Postal Inspectors executed a federal search warrant at an apartment Peters had rented using a victim's identity. When authorities arrived, a tenant reported that Peters jumped from an upper-floor balcony onto the tenant's twelfth-floor balcony before running through the apartment and fleeing down a stairwell. During the search, investigators recovered approximately 393 pieces of stolen mail, 22 identification cards, 15 gift cards, 15 debit and credit cards, counterfeit identification documents, and equipment used to manufacture counterfeit keys and fraudulent identification cards, including 3D printers, a key-cutting machine, credit card readers, and silicone key molds.
Court records show Peters had prior convictions for similar offenses in Hawaii and California and was on probation in both jurisdictions when he committed the Oregon offenses. Investigators later arrested Peters at the residence of a romantic partner and recovered additional evidence of the identity theft operation from his cellular phones.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with assistance from the Portland Police Bureau and the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). It was prosecuted by First Assistant U.S. Attorney William M. Narus for the District of Oregon.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于俄勒冈州 Portland 的市政厅（资料图）。本案由美国联邦检察官办公室（俄勒冈区）公布。M.O. Stevens 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Portland City Hall in Oregon (file photo). The case was announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon. By M.O. Stevens, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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