A Southern California federal grand jury has indicted two U.S. Postal Service employees for stealing mailed corporate gift cards.
Based on the investigatory work of federal law enforcement officials, the citizens’ panel this month charged Ronald Hinck and Crystal Fagan on July 3 for illegally pocketing merchandise intended for their customers.
Fagan—a.k.a. Crystal Faganleake—used her postal job to loot gift cards from American Express, In-N-Out Burger and Target, according to government reports reviewed by OC Weekly.
In a separate indictment, prosecutors charged postal employee Hinck with stealing gift cards for Walmart, Ross, Target and JC Penny, according to records inside the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana.
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew J. Guilford will preside in Hinck’s case and James V. Selna, his fellow Republican colleague inside the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana, will oversee Fagan’s criminal charges.
Because of the early stages of the cases, it’s not clear what potential prison sentences the defendants will face if eventually convicted.
Both defendants, who have not yet entered pleas, were born in 1970.
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