St. Petersburg postal worker pleads guilty of stealing mail and passport applications in order to commit bank fraud | USAO-MDFL

Tampa, Fla – Jasmine Wynne, 31, Ruskin has pleaded guilty to one bank fraud conspiracy, five cases of aggravated identity theft, and one case of postal key theft. You face up to 30 years in prison for conspiracy, 2 years in prison for serious identity theft and up to 10 years in prison for theft of a postal key. Wynne’s verdict is scheduled for November 17, 2021.

According to court documents, Wynne was employed as a postal worker with the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) and was assigned to a post office in St. Petersburg. Between June 2017 and September 2019, Wynne conspired with others to commit bank fraud. Specifically, Wynne used her status and the special access she enjoyed as an employee of the USPS to open first-class mail that was entrusted to the postal service. Wynne then photographed the contents of the email, which included the victim’s bank account information and personal identification information (“PII”). She also took photos of U.S. passport applications being processed in her post office. These requests also included PII and bank account information. Wynne then emailed the photos to co-conspirators who used the PII and bank account information to commit bank fraud.

Wynne also used her position as a USPS agent to access and steal at least one restricted Postal Arrow key. An arrow key is a special master key that opens USPS collection boxes, mailbox banks in apartment complexes, and all other mailboxes. The arrow keys are manufactured for the USPS and distributed through controlled channels. Wynne made the stolen Mail Arrow Key available to her co-conspirators in exchange for payment so that they could steal mail from locked mailboxes and secure additional PII and other information for use in the bank fraud conspiracy.

This case has been investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service. It is being prosecuted by US Assistant Attorney Craig Gestring.

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