"A former U.S. Postal Service carrier in Torrance was sentenced Monday to more than five years for stealing mail, using stolen bank cards, checks and unemployment benefits to fund luxury shopping sprees and international vacations - all while bragging about it online. Mary Ann Magdamit, 31, of Carson was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $660,200 in restitution, according to the U.S. attorney's office. Magdamit pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to commit bank fraud."
""Especially for the poorest Americans, who are often unbanked, they rely on the mail to deliver their government benefits in the form of Treasury checks or EDD debit cards, precisely what [Magdamit] chose to steal," prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum. Federal investigators traced more than 100 cards reported stolen by customers in Torrance to Magdamit's regular postal route through activation records, phone data and social media posts."
"Magdamit admitted she sorted mail on the street, plucked credit cards from her route, and often took them home to activate or sell to criminal partners, federal authorities said. She often flaunted her wealth on Instagram, posting stacks of hundred-dollar bills and shopping bags from Louis Vuitton, Dior and Palm Angels. "I scored the whole week of credit cards," she wrote in a Telegram message to an associate."
A Torrance postal carrier stole mail and used stolen bank cards, checks and unemployment benefits to fund luxury shopping and international vacations. Mary Ann Magdamit, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $660,200 in restitution. Investigators traced more than 100 stolen cards to her postal route through activation records, phone data and social media. Agents found 133 stolen cards and luxury goods during a December search, yet the scheme continued afterward. Magdamit admitted removing cards from mail, activating or selling them to criminal partners, and flaunting purchases on Instagram.
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