USPS worker who stole checks from the mail arrested after flashing cash on social media

Daily Mail​

2 days ago

A Los Angeles postal worker has admitted to stealing people's checks and credit cards from their mail while flaunting stacks of cash on social media.
Mary Ann Magdamit, 31, of Carson, California, an ex-employee of the US Postal Service in Torrance, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
She was arrested for the crime that victimized individuals, as well as federal banks and credit unions, on July 1 and has remained in custody since.
From at least 2022 to July 2025, Magadamit abused her letter carrier position, according to a statement from the US Attorney's Office.
She snatched checks, personal identifying information, debit cards and credit cards en route to people's mailboxes - all while sharing pictures of herself posing with thick wads of money on the internet.
In one picture, she donned a Yankee hat while leaning a stack of bills that spanned the length of her face up against it.
She sprawled out a fan of bills - about half of which appeared to have been hundreds - across her lap in a car in another shot.
Magdamit activated the bank cards online and used them to make massive purchases with the stolen funds, including lavish trips to Aruba and Turks and Caicos.
In a photo uploaded to her Instagram story, Magdamit held a glass of champagne as she lounged by an infinity pool, writing 'life is gooood.'
She even dished out some of the cards to her co-conspirators and made them fraudulently cash the stolen checks 'using counterfeit identity documents in the name of the check's payee,' the statement reads.
Magdamit's digital footprint seemingly sounded the alarm to authorities and led them straight to her door when they picked up on the mysterious missing mail pattern in the Torrance area.
Her apartment was raided in December 2024 in connection with the scheme, and investigators were greeted with a slew of incriminating evidence.
Law enforcement seized 133 stolen debit and credit cards, 16 US Department of Treasury checks and a loaded ghost gun with an extended 27-round magazine, the Attorney's Office wrote.
A ghost gun is an unserialized Glock-style gun assembled by its owner, often forgoing the licensing required to be a legal weapon.
But she was not arrested until about seven months later after agents discovered Magdamit had not learned her lesson.
She had continued splurging on items with hefty price tags and the feds caught on once again.
They probed her apartment once again, finding more stolen cards. The office did not share the exact number.
But they did note that Magdamit 'agreed to forfeit a Rolex watch and other luxury goods.'
She is due to appear in court on October 27 and faces a maximum of 30 years in federal prison.
Mail theft in general has become an increasingly pressing issue across the nation.
In an audit report shared by the USPS in 2023, the agency was found to have had a plan in place to tackle the matter, but it was not being well executed.
'We found they do not have deployment timelines with actionable milestones to fully implement planned initiatives to address mail theft,' the report reads.
'We also found that the Postal Service lacks accountability for their arrow keys, which are often a target in carrier robberies and are used to commit mail theft.'
In another report, which was released in May using data from 2024, the agency revealed more than 58 million packages were stolen during the year.
The Office of Inspector General published an internal report for 2024 that specifically addressed the problem of 'internal mail theft.'
The document alleged that criminal groups are 'targeting, recruiting and colluding with postal employees to move narcotics through the postal network and to steal checks – both personal and government-issued checks – credit cards and other valuables from the mail.'