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11/06/2026
Ex-postal worker receives sentence for stealing checks in massive $34 million fraud scheme
Shelby County Post
A former United States Postal Service letter carrier has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Theft of Mail.
This case was brought as part of the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
According to court documents, Destinee Ruffin, 29, of Indianapolis, was employed as a letter carrier at the Bacon Station Post Office. Between April 2020 and May 2022, Ruffin used access to both incoming and outgoing mail to steal checks, which she then sold to co-conspirators.
In spring 2020, as the federal government issued Economic Impact Payment (EIP) checks to taxpayers, the USPS OIG received a complaint from a Bacon Station customer who never received theirs. Additional complaints soon followed. When agents reviewed the affected addresses and matched them to delivery routes, they discovered all missing checks were assigned to the same mail carrier, Destinee Ruffin.
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