A Postal Service Contract Carrier has been brought to justice for stealing $92,579 from the U.S. government.
Jimmie Dean Korf, a 49-year-old man from Weldona, Colorado, was sentenced to 12 months of probation for his role in the theft.
According to the stipulated facts contained in the plea agreement, Korf was a Postal Service Highway Contract supplier, but not a Postal Service employee. He was required to certify the time he was on the road transporting the mail.
Between June 2013 and November 2014, Korf illegally received $92,579 from the U.S. Postal Service by forging supervisory signatures on forms to pay him for services he did not provide.
The investigation into the payments began in February 2015 after an employee at the Fort Morgan Post Office alleged her signature had been forged. She looked at copies of the forms and noted that the signature on each form was not hers. She then reported the forgery to the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General.
It was determined that Korf forged the signatures. A subsequent review of the Postal Service’s payment records revealed that the defendant claimed 237 extra trips totaling 53,360 miles. Postal Service documents only support 10 trips totaling 1,584 miles.
The defendant was indicted on September 27, 2017, and pled guilty on June 13, 2018. He was sentenced on September 20, 2018, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger.
Key Facts
- State: Colorado
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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