COLUMBIA, S.C. — Vincent Anthony Gailliard Jr., 41, of Sumter, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that between April 2022 and May 2023, Gailliard was employed as a mail handler at the USPS Processing and Distribution Center in Columbia. Gailliard would steal mail containing bank checks that had been mailed by individuals and businesses and take pictures of these checks with his personal cell phone. He would offer to sell an image of the check online that included the account and routing numbers. The buyer could then use the stolen information to create false and fraudulent checks which could be used in obtaining and attempting to obtain money, goods and services.
“Consumers must be able to trust those who process and deliver our mail,” said U.S. Attorney Bryan Stirling for the District of South Carolina. “We’ll continue to prosecute those who abuse their positions of trust to defraud members of our community.”…