A Providence man has pleaded guilty to mail theft after being found in possession of nearly $200,000 in stolen and fraudulent checks while serving a term of federal supervised release for an unrelated bank fraud conviction.
Edmilson Rodrigues, 25, was arrested on February 2, 2023, on an unrelated state narcotics charge and found to be in possession of ninety-one legitimate checks totaling approximately $170,758.26 and eight fraudulent checks totaling approximately $22,838.01.
According to charging documents and information presented to the court, the legitimate checks seized from Rodrigues’ residence had been mailed out by various businesses, but were never received by the intended recipients.
Combined with the fraudulent checks, the intended loss totals $193,596.27. Rodrigues is scheduled to be sentenced on February 22, 2024, on the stolen mail charge and for violating the terms of his federal supervised release.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ly T. Chin, and the matter was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Providence Police Department.
Rodrigues was serving a term of federal supervised release that followed a sentence of twenty-four months incarceration imposed by a federal judge in September 2020 as a result of his conviction on bank fraud charges.
The defendant’s sentences will be determined by a federal district judge after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
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Key Facts
- State: Rhode Island
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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