A former U.S. Postal Service worker has been arrested and charged with mail theft and bank fraud after allegedly stealing checks out of the mail worth a total of almost $1.7 million, according to the U.S. Department of Treasury. Hachikosela Muchimba, 43, started working at the Friendship Post Office in Northwest D.C. in 2020. From October 2021 to March 2023,…
  • Eheran@lemmy.world
    210·
    2 years ago

    Checks? Who still uses something like that? Let alone for large sums… And then sending it via post?!?!

    • Bonehead@kbin.social
      8·
      2 years ago

      I’m a mail carrier in Canada delivering to a lot of farmers and some businesses. A large percentage of the mail I deliver are cheques. And many of those have windows that are just a little too large and show the amounts. Generally they are under $1000, but some are in the 10s of thousands. You wouldn’t believe the amount of money I personally move around.