Four defendants are facing prison after they allegedly stole more than $80 million in checks from a U.S. Postal Service building in Philadelphia.
The suspects, two of whom were USPS processing clerks, have been charged with conspiracy to steal government funds, theft of government funds, and mail theft, according to a Wednesday news release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
From June 2023 to September 2024, postal workers Saahir Irby and Tauheed Tucker allegedly stole thousands of envelopes containing U.S. Treasury checks at a USPS Processing and Distribution Center.
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Irby and Tucker, who are cousins, would allegedly look for envelopes marked “return to sender” before stuffing them into their jacket pockets or backpacks, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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