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06/18/2026
She sold her arrow key and bought time in prison
USPS
A former carrier technician in Missouri was recently sentenced to one year in federal prison and ordered to repay nearly $22,000 for stealing checks and selling her arrow key to a criminal organization.
An arrow key — which allows access to USPS collection boxes and cluster boxes — can be used to steal mail.
The carrier technician sold her key to the leader of a crime ring in return for cash and groceries, and she told him which boxes the key would open. She also stole checks from her Post Office and from the mail she was supposed to deliver.
The ringleader paid accomplices to steal mail using the stolen key — targeting checks, credit cards and other valuables that could be altered and fraudulently used. He then recruited other people who allowed him to use their bank accounts to deposit forged and fraudulent checks.
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