Ex-USPS Clerk Sentenced for $1.9M Check Theft

Dontavis Romario Truesdale, a former USPS processing clerk at the Ballantyne Post Office in Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 27 months in prison and two years of supervised release for stealing over 200 business checks worth more than $1.9 million from P.O. boxes between November 2022 and April 2023. Truesdale sold the stolen checks to co-conspirators, who then committed bank fraud. In addition to his prison sentence, Truesdale was ordered to pay over $200,000 in restitution. After sentencing, he was released on bond and is required to report to a federal prison upon designation. The case was investigated by the USPS Office of Inspector General and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. In response to the incident, the USPS has implemented new security measures to address check theft and fraud.