USPS employee showed to have stolen $ 24 million in checks

Charlotte, NC (WKRC) – A postal worker and two accomplices have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme involving stolen controls worth more than $ 24 million, according to the US lawyer for the western district of North Carolina Dena J. King reported Wjzy.

Authorities said that Nakedra Shannon and Desiray Carter, both 30, previously pleaded not guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit a fraud with a financial institution and theft of government property, according to Wjzy. Shannon received a 60-month sentence and Carter received 54 months in prison.

Both of their sentences were followed by two years of monitored release. They were ordered to pay more than $ 113,000 in refund. Donell Gardner, 28, was appointed a third suspect. Garder was sentenced to 54 months in prison and three years of monitored release.

According to the court’s reported corrections, Wjzy, Shannon was employed in the US Post Service as a post -processing office in a distribution center in Charlotte from March 2021 to July 2023. Shannon said she conspired with Gardner and Carter to steal incoming and outgoing checks from April to July 2023 .

Officials said that Carter and Gardner then sold the stolen controls to other persons. The group stole controllers a total of more than $ 24 million, according to Wjzy.