A former United States Postal Service letter carrier who worked at the Bicentennial Post Office at 7610 Beverly Blvd. was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in federal prison on Sept. 8 for stealing checks, credit cards and debit cards from the mail.
Rashad Deon Stolden, 34, of Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty on April 14 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner sentenced Stolden to prison and ordered him to pay $1.6 million in restitution to banks that were defrauded.
Prosecutors said Stolden stole high-value checks and credit cards, as well as debit cards from the California Employment Development Department for people receiving unemployment insurance. The thefts occurred when Stolden worked at the Bicentennial Post Office from 2020 through August 2024, according to the criminal complaint. Stolden sold the checks, credit cards and debit cards for a fraction of their value to friends and co-conspirators, who created fake IDs using counterfeit documents and cashed the checks, authorities said. Bank of America, City National Bank, Truist Bank and the California Employment Development Department were among the victims, according to the United States Attorney’s Office…