Former Charlotte mail worker stole checks around Park Road for two years
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A Charlotte mail worker will spend a year and three months in prison for stealing and selling checks sent through the U.S Postal Service.
Andre Whitehurst, 34, used his position as a clerk in south Charlotte serving Park Road zip codes 28209 and 28210 to steal incoming and outgoing checks from the mail from April 2022 to September 2024, according to court documents.
He sold the checks to at least two other people, and they tried to steal more than $360,000 from bank accounts and banks, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
Whitehurst pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and theft of mail by a postal employee, and U.S. District Judge Matthew Orso sentenced him to 15 months in prison. Whitehurst must also pay $74,000 — which is what the trio successfully stole.
His two co-defendants have also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud but have not yet been sentenced.
