Post Office Worker Steals $156,000 From Residents, Cashing Stolen Checks in Fraudulent Bank Account: DOJ

A US postal worker has admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars by cashing people’s checks in the mail.

The U.S. Department of Justice says 35-year-old Kierra Blount has been handed a 30-month prison sentence for stealing checks and identities during her time as an employee of the Post Office, funneling the money into a fraudulent bank account.

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Court documents reveal Blount targeted checks that were made out to other individuals and in November 2021, she opened a bank account in the name of one of those individuals without their knowledge to use as a means of stashing the stolen checks, which she altered and forged.

Authorities found that between November 2021 and April 2022, Blount and her co-conspirators were able to funnel $156,000 worth of stolen checks into the account.

In June 2023, authorities searched Blount’s residence and seized a “significant” amount of evidence, such as stolen mail, debit cards in the name of identity theft victims, checks totaling to $285,000, and sheets of paper containing personal and private information of others.

Blunt was charged in March 2024 and arrested three months later.

In August 2025, she pleaded guilty to bank fraud and unlawful possession of stolen mail and is set to report to prison in April 2026.

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