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Former Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty in $200,000 Money Order Scam
Jonel Normil, a 26-year-old from Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, has admitted to his role in a scheme to steal and convert hundreds of blank U.S. Postal Service money orders, resulting in nearly $200,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Normil, a former letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to an information charging him with one count of conspiring to embezzle, convert to his use and the use of others U.S. Postal Service money orders.
According to court documents, Normil used his position as a letter carrier to steal hundreds of U.S. Postal Service money orders from the Stone Harbor and Cape May Court House post offices. He gave the stolen money orders to other conspirators, who made them look legitimate and imprinted them with dollar values of $900 or $1,000 before depositing them into bank accounts or cashing them at post offices in New Jersey, New York, and Georgia.
The charge for conspiring to embezzle, steal, and convert blank U.S. Postal Service money orders carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $250,000 fine. As part of his plea agreement, Normil agreed to the entry of a forfeiture order against him in the amount of approximately $181,000, which represents the approximate losses to financial institutions and the U.S. Postal Service resulting from the scheme.
Normil’s sentencing is scheduled for August 16, 2016. He was employed as a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, and also picked up and dropped off mail at the U.S. Post Office in Stone Harbor, New Jersey.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General, under the direction of Executive Special Agent in Charge Monica Weyler of the Eastern Area Field Office, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Inspector in Charge David W. Bosch, Philadelphia Division, with the investigation leading to today’s guilty plea.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rahul Agarwal of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Special Prosecutions Division in Newark. Defense counsel is H. Robert Boney Esq., Mays Landing, New Jersey.
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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