A 2016 booking photo of Zachary Stephen Thomas
October 14, 2019 KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A Holland man who pleaded guilty to identity theft involving stolen mail may be back at it.
Zachary Stephen Thomas is charged with four counts of bank fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, theft and possession of stolen mail and passing a Treasury check with a false or forged endorsement.
The federal indictment unsealed late Friday accuses Thomas of regularly stealing mail from mailboxes in Kent, Ottawa and Allegan counties as well as other areas in West Michigan from July 2018 to October 2018. Federal authorities say Thomas took replacement bank checks, other checks, driver’s licenses, social security account number cards, tax documents and other papers with personal identity information.
Thomas is accused of using the stolen personal information to open “informed delivery” online accounts with the U.S. Postal Service, which allowed him to see scanned images of the victims’ mail slated for delivery that day.
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