CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced to 15 months for his role in a bank fraud scheme involving stolen mail, Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced.
Andre Whitehurst, 34, will also serve one year of supervised release following his prison term. Whitehurst agreed to pay a forfeiture judgment of $74,000 and remains liable for restitution to fraud victims, according to Ferguson.
From April 2022 to September 2024, Whitehurst used his position as a postal clerk to steal incoming and outgoing checks from the mail, according to court records. He then sold the stolen checks to co-conspirators Rashad Lowery and Aaron Grice, who deposited them into bank accounts under false identities and moved the money before banks could detect the fraud. The scheme resulted in attempted losses of more than $364,000 to banks and account holders…