Postal carrier stole money sent to a Chicago charity

Veteran postal carrier admits to stealing $275K destined for single charity
5-year sentence possible for yearlong scheme in Berwyn
By Annie Sweeney
Chicago Tribune reporter
August 17, 2012

A veteran postal carrier admitted Thursday to stealing nearly 30,000 letters containing cash, checks or money orders that he was supposed to deliver to a charity on his mail route in Berwyn, federal authorities said.

Frederick L. Taylor stole $275,000 meant for the charity over the yearlong scheme, according to a guilty plea he entered at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. But it was unclear how much money he actually pocketed because checks made out to the charity made up most of the stolen funds. He pocketed more than $17,700 in cash, authorities said.

The purloined donations, taken between August 2010 and August 2011, came from some 25,000 different donors, authorities said. The charity was not identified in court documents.
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