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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:01 pm
USPS worker stole $1.6M in checks from mail, funded lavish lifestyle at 'gentlemen's clubs'
A Washington, D.C., postal worker was found guilty last week of stealing more than $1.6 million worth of U.S. Treasury and private party checks from the mail to fund a "lavish lifestyle," officials said.
Hachikosela Muchimba, 44, was an employee at the U.S. Postal Service. Between Dec. 2020 and March 2023, Muchimba deposited altered checks into bank accounts under his control, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office, District of Columbia, on Friday.
Bank surveillance footage captured him making deposits and withdrawals of the funds, the release said.
Muchimba used the proceeds from his scheme "to fund a lavish lifestyle that included international travel, stays at luxury hotels, and purchases at gentlemen’s clubs," the attorney’s office said.
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A Washington, D.C., postal worker was found guilty last week of stealing more than $1.6 million worth of U.S. Treasury and private party checks from the mail to fund a "lavish lifestyle," officials said.
Hachikosela Muchimba, 44, was an employee at the U.S. Postal Service. Between Dec. 2020 and March 2023, Muchimba deposited altered checks into bank accounts under his control, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office, District of Columbia, on Friday.
Bank surveillance footage captured him making deposits and withdrawals of the funds, the release said.
Muchimba used the proceeds from his scheme "to fund a lavish lifestyle that included international travel, stays at luxury hotels, and purchases at gentlemen’s clubs," the attorney’s office said.
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