A 31-year-old former mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, accused of stealing checks and debit and credit cards for three years, pleaded guilty on Monday, Aug. 11, to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, federal authorities said.
Mary Ann Magdamit of Carson, who has been in federal custody since July 1, faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison, authorities said. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 27.
Magdamit was based at Torrance’s main post office, and from 2022 until July stole mail containing checks, personal-identifying information, debit and credit cards, said Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Magdamit would then sell some of the stolen items to her accomplices, who would cash stolen checks by using counterfeit identity do