INDIANAPOLIS — A former Indianapolis postal carrier has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for stealing millions of dollars in checks from the mail and selling them to co-conspirators in a fraud scheme that affected about 6,500 victims, federal prosecutors said.
Destinee Ruffin, 29, also was sentenced to two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and theft of mail.
According to court documents, Ruffin worked as a letter carrier at the Bacon Station Post Office from April 2020 through May 2022. During that time, she used her access to incoming and outgoing mail to steal checks and sell them to others…