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Former Ohio postmaster charged with stealing over $57,000 from USPS and customers

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Former Ohio postmaster charged with stealing over $57,000 from USPS and customersFormer Gates Mills postmaster charged with stealing more than $55,000
The former postmaster of the Gates Mills Post Office was charged today with theft of property used by the U.S. Postal Service, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Monica Weyler, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service — Office of Inspector General, Eastern Area Field Office.

Ann Apana, 66, of Maple Heights, Ohio, was charged by criminal information with a single count of theft of property used by the U.S. Postal Service.

The information charges that from at least June 12, 2009 until June 15, 2014, as part of a continuing course of conduct, Apana stole approximately $38,741.42 in money and merchandise from the Postal Service and made approximately $18,341.08 in unauthorized purchases of postage using customers’ credit card information.

A charge is not evidence of guilt.  A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.  If convicted, the defendant’s sentence will be determined by the court after review of factors unique to this case, including the defendant’s prior criminal record, if any, the defendant’s role in the offense and the characteristics of the violation.  In all cases, the sentence will not exceed the statutory maximum and in most cases it will be less than the maximum.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Miranda E. Dugi following an investigation by special agents of the U.S. Postal Service — Office of Inspector General.

 

9 thoughts on “Former Ohio postmaster charged with stealing over $57,000 from USPS and customers”

  1. Postal managers are being brought up on charges of theft more than you think…They are now being made examples. No more slapping on the wrist. You just don’t hear about it.

  3. Wow

    It just amazing this clowns making
    Tremendous salary and never really work on the floor over her postal years and be this greedy and steal from the post office

    Just a thought were is it end the more money this manager the more they want, this kind incident very similar of what happen.in the
    San Diego district

  4. I bet you 100% this …has no college education………..another loser po mismanager gets busted. I for one would like to see UPS or FDX take over…..you have nothing to fear but fear itself……..and owning their stock as a employee perk is a better deal than working under this totally corrupt PO mismanagement.

    • Bonzo, please please take all your UPS/FedEx stock and go work for them. We all know you are part of the problem at the USPS so go hurt them from now on.

    • There are over 5,000 Postmasters in the U.S. & Hawaii. Take the percentage of them that are bad apples and apply that percentage to the Politicians, Ministers, Athletes, and Entertainers. You will see that it is miniscule. There is never a justification for stealing anyplace. but I can tell you as a Retired Postmaster, and former District Director of Human Resources for the Postal Service that you can be hired as a person who has committed murder and served your time, but you can never never be hired if you have ever stolen anything. They treat Postmaster severely because of the trust, entrusted to them. Please know what you are talking about when you make comment.

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