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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe U.S. Attorney’s Office is trying to identify victims of a scheme that involved a postal worker who stole millions of dollars in checks from mail at a post office on the north side of Indianapolis.
Former mail carrier Destinee Ruffin, 29, pled guilty in March to orchestrating a $34-million conspiracy to commit bank fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday. Prosecutors estimate about 6,500 victims were affected.
Ruffin worked as a letter carrier at the Bacon Station Post Office on East 55th Street from late 2020 to 2022 and stole checks from both incoming and outgoing mail, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
She then sold some of those checks to co-conspirators in the case who found people who were willing to deposit altered versions of the checks into their bank accounts, the statement said.
Prosecutors say Ruffin supplied one person with more than $12 million in stolen checks. Officers with a search warrant also found more than $20 million in stolen checks that had not been sold when they searched Ruffin, her home, vehicle and electronic devices in 2024.
Ruffin is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 27.
Victims might include anyone who lived or worked along the Bacon Station route, mailed a paper check between November 2020 and May 2022, or failed to receive an expected check during that period.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says anyone with questions should visit a website established for the case or call victim witness coordinator, Stephanie Lloyd, at 317-229-2406.
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