A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was sentenced to prison after she and two others stole checks worth over $24 million, according to the Department of Justice.
Dena J. King, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, shared this news on February 7. Last week, two residents of Charlotte, Nakedra Shannon, 30, and Desiray Carter, 30, were sentenced to 60 months and 54 months in prison, respectively, for their involvement in the crime.
Shannon worked as a mail processing clerk at a USPS distribution center in Charlotte from March 2021 to July 2023. Officials say she stole both incoming and outgoing checks during her time there. She admitted to stealing these checks between April and July 2023. Carter and Donell Gardner were her co-conspirators. Gardner was sentenced to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release in 2023.
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The press release explained that Shannon, Gardner, and Carter stole checks from the U.S. mail, which Gardner and Carter then sold through the Telegram channel “OG Glass House.” Officials say the group stole over $24 million in checks, including more than $12 million in stolen checks sold on the Telegram channel and more than $8 million in U.S. Treasury checks.
The three defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to financial institution fraud and theft of government property. They were ordered to pay a total of $113,333.87 in restitution, both together and individually.
The U.S. Attorney’s office thanked various agencies involved in the investigation, including the USPS Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, IRS-Criminal Investigation, U.S. Department of Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service, and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
