Sonyinee Davis-Pope, 39, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by District Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen to 3 years of probation after pleading guilty to the felony offense of making false statements to the United States Postal Service.

According to documents filed in this case, Pope admitted that she submitted on-line employment applications to the United States Postal Service. In each application, she made a false statement or representation by either using a false name, false date of birth, false social security number, or by failing to disclose that she had prior felony convictions. She submitted the false applications in order to pass the pre-employment background check. In all, she submitted over 50 on-line employment applications to the United States Postal Service between July 2010 and February 2011 for employment in Northwest Indiana, Illinois, and Alabama. This case was a result of an investigation by United States Postal Service-Office of the Inspector General.This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Toi Houston.

source: United States Attorney, Indiana