Postal Peril: Mail Carrier Who Stole Credit Cards and Checks Pleads Guilty After Flaunting Luxury Life on Instagram
Mary Ann Magdamit, a 31-year-old former United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier from Torrance, California, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for a three-year scheme involving the theft of credit and debit cards and checks from her mail route. While earning an annual salary of $56,000, Magdamit used the stolen goods to fund a lavish lifestyle, posting photos on her Instagram account (“yourfawkenmom”) that chronicled international trips to Aruba and Turks and Caicos, and massive shopping sprees for brands like Balenciaga, Dior, and Louis Vuitton. She faces a maximum of 30 years in prison at her sentencing on October 27.