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LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Officials stated that a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison for her role in a scheme that defrauded banks out of more than $200,000 via the theft of debit cards.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cards contained unemployment insurance and other benefits from her mail route, giving them to a co-schemer in exchange for cash payments and gifts. <\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge John F. Walter sentenced Toya Toshell Hunter, 45, of South Los Angeles. The judge ordered Hunter to pay<\/span> $206,212 in restitution, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunter pleaded guilty in December 2022 to one count of bank fraud. <\/span><\/p>\n

From August 2015 to May 2020, officials stated Hunter schemed to defraud Bank of America by using her position as a USPS mail carrier to steal mail containing California Employment Development Department (EDD) debit cards containing unemployment insurance benefits. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Hunter also stole debit cards containing Economic Impact Payments for federally issued monetary relief because of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Treasury checks, and other mail containing personal identifying information related to victims assigned to Hunter\u2019s mail route. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hunter would then give the stolen EDD and other cards to co-defendant Michalea Latise Barksdale, a.k.a. \u201cMiichii Bee,\u201d 34, of Corona, who then activated and fraudulently used them, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunter gave Barksdale the stolen debit cards in exchange for future payments and gifts. <\/span><\/p>\n

During the scheme, officials stated Hunter helped Barksdale make fraudulent and unauthorized cash withdrawals from 68 separate victims\u2019 accounts and stole approximately $204,812 from Bank of America. <\/span><\/p>\n

In July 2021, Hunter stole from the mail and fraudulently activated a stolen EIP card belonging to a victim. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hunter then used this card to make fraudulent purchases and cash withdrawals from ATMs and stole approximately $1,400 from Fiserv, a Wisconsin-based financial institution. \u201c[Hunter]\u2026abused her position by stealing access devices, checks, and personal identifying information from mail assigned to her mail routes,\u201d prosecutors argued in a sentencing memorandum. <\/span>\u201cThese access devices were cards intended for people who were struggling financially: those unemployed or impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Barksdale pleaded guilty on March 6 to one count of bank fraud and one count of possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices. <\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, she has agreed to forfeit her ill-gotten gains from the scheme, including 103 EDD debit cards, 78 EIP cards, and four iPhones. <\/span><\/p>\n

Barksdale will face up to 40 years in federal prison at her July 10 sentencing hearing. <\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, and the United States Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration investigated this matter. <\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant United States Attorney Kyle W. Kahan of the General Crimes Section prosecutes this case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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