RICHMOND, Va. — A man who stole more than $1.5 million in checks from the mail while working for the United States Postal Service in Richmond was sentenced on Wednesday.
A news release from the Department of Justice says Joshua Lee, 28, of North Chesterfield, worked as a mail processing clerk at the USPS Richmond Processing and Distribution Center from Oct. 24, 2021, through May 5, 2025.
Between July 2023 and May 2025, the DOJ says Lee searched for mail likely to contain gift cards, checks or cash and secretly moved the mail to other parts of the distribution center to hide it with his belongings.
Lee took the stolen mail home and told his co-conspirators that he had stolen checks available for sale, knowing they intended to fraudulently cash or deposit them.
The DOJ says Lee stole "at least" $1,581,953.59 in checks. He was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
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