National Postal worker steals over $1.5 million in checks from letters in MO center, feds say.
A postal worker stole letters containing checks worth $1.5 million, federal officials said.
When $1.5 million in checks went missing from letters at a Missouri mail distribution center, fingerprints tracked back to a 29-year-old postal worker, federal officials said.
From Nov. 15 to April 11, Virdure stole three letters containing checks from the distribution center where he had access to all first-class mail, according to the indictment.
The pieces of mail were set to go to people in Alton, Illinois; Palatine, Illinois; and St. Louis, respectively, according to court documents.
Additionally, Virdure is accused of fraudulently applying for and receiving a Pandemic Protection Loan worth more than $20,000 for a tobacco store.
If convicted on all charges, Virdure faces up to 35 years in prison, prosecutors said. »
