Thursday, April 16, 2026
He stole business checks and then sold them for cash
This South Carolina mail handler will serve five years in prison
A South Carolina mail handler has been sentenced to five years in federal prison with an additional five years of supervised release for stealing checks, altering them and then selling them online and on the street.
The case began when a bank contacted the USPS Office of Inspector General’s hotline after several clients in Myrtle Beach, SC, suspected their business checks were being stolen from the mail.
OIG agents launched an investigation and quickly zeroed in on the West Columbia, SC, mail processing plant. Using advanced surveillance techniques, they caught the thief rifling through the mail, choosing specific envelopes and then stuffing 25 of them into his waistband.
After his arrest, the mail handler said he’d been stealing checks for about five months and selling them on the streets for small amounts of cash.
But special agents knew there was more to the story, since some of the checks wound up for sale on social media. Plus, there were large cash deposits into his bank account.
The suspect eventually came clean and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
In addition to his prison time and supervised release, the court ordered him to return more than $200,000 to his victims.
The OIG recently highlighted this case on its website.
If you suspect or know of mail theft involving USPS employees or contractors, report it to the OIG.
On the Job
She lends a hand wherever she can
This clerk enjoys working in a small-town Post Office
My name is Jessica Moenning, and I’m a mail processing clerk in Lincolnville, KS, about 90 minutes north of Wichita.
I joined the Postal Service in June 2014.
I’m the only employee in the office. I work the window and, after our carrier drops off the mail, I distribute it and prepare it to go out.
I’ve worked in just about every Post Office in a 52-mile radius from my house. Working in the other locations helped me learn to do my job better.
I let employees at other offices know that if they need help, they can call me.
Sometimes I would come across tasks that were complicated or that we do only once a month or once a year. So, I created a guide to explain to others how to do these specific things.
For example, one of our nearby Post Offices has had seven PO Boxes that have been continuously rented for 15 years, and the clerk there hasn’t done a new box rental in a long time. So, I made a guide. When you don’t do something regularly, you can forget how to do it.
My favorite thing about being a clerk is getting to feel like Santa Claus year-round. Customers regularly forget what they ordered for themselves by mail. When they open their packages in front of me, they share their happiness with me.
This job gives me a sense of pride and accomplishment.
“On the Job,” a column on individual employees and their contributions to the Postal Service, appears regularly in Link.
Central Area, South Carolina District lead in scanning
A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 97.27 percent during the week ending April 10, down 0.35 percent from one week earlier.
The data was collected April 15.
Central led the four areas with a rating of 97.44 percent, while Atlantic ranked last with a 97.09 percent rating.
Among the 50 districts, South Carolina, part of Southern Area, ranked first with a 98.49 percent rating, while Alaska, part of WestPac Area, ranked last with a 94.69 percent rating.
Scanning data allows customers to track their mail and packages, which helps USPS deliver excellent service, boost loyalty and drive revenue.
To see the latest data, go to the Informed Visibility website and select “Customer Experience,” followed by “DES 2 Scan Performance.” Postal Service employees must request Informed Visibility access through eAccess.