October 27, 2015 One of the workers charged in June with ripping off the postal service’s Operation Santa program to provide needy kids with Christmas gifts has been allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of 30 days in jail.

Mahogany Strickland, 23, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty Friday to carrying letters fraudulently to obtain property through Operation Santa. Prosecutors dropped more serious charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and receipt of stolen mail. Postal Worker pleads guilty in Operation Santa case

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All three postal workers were hired in late 2013.

United States Postal Service workers Mahogany Strickland, 23, Nickyeves Saintalbord, 28, and Terry Jackson, 22, allegedly wrote bogus letters pretending to be kids or family members, copied the letters in multiples and made sure the letters were selected by do-gooders who came to midtown’s James A. Farley Post Office (“Operation Santa Headquarters”) wanting to grant the Christmas wishes of underprivileged children, according to the federal complaint.

Manhattan postal workers Terry Jackson, Mahogany Strickland and Nickyeves Saintalbord are accused of stealing Christmas gifts intended for underprivileged children under the postal service’s Operation Santa program.

The three, charged with mail fraud, conspiracy and receipt of stolen mail, allegedly received oodles of Christmas loot from big-hearted strangers, ranging from a toy train to iPads, bedding and electronics, via this and other schemes. Read story