A Lakewood Ranch woman will spend the next several years in prison after jurors found she stole more than $64,000 in checks while working for the U.S. Postal Service.
A Sarasota County judge sentenced Anabel Ossombi, 30, to seven years in state prison, followed by 38 years of probation, according to court records. She must also repay $64,246.79 in restitution after prosecutors said she deposited at least 75 stolen checks from about 60 companies into her personal account between May 2022 and April 2023.
Jurors convicted Ossombi of a first-degree felony scheme to defraud involving more than $50,000 and a second-degree felony count of fraudulent use of personal identification, court records show. Prosecutors also initially charged her with money laundering, but they dropped that count before sentencing, according to court records…