Former U.S. Postal Service employee Dewayne Morris Sr. and his son, Dewayne Morris Jr., were sentenced today to seven and 12.5 years in prison, respectively, for stealing $5.1 million in postal money order forms and distributing them to co-conspirators, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California.
According to the U.S. attorney’s office, Morris Sr. stole the money order forms from a post office he supervised, while Morris Jr. distributed the forms to co-defendants.
Eight other defendants were previously sentenced for converting the stolen money orders into cash by depositing them in banks across the U.S., the office confirmed.
Co-conspirators testified that Morris Jr. supplied them with money orders and counterfeit driver’s licenses to open bank accounts, deposit the money orders, and withdraw cash, the U.S. attorney’s office stated.
Witnesses also testified that Morris Jr. joined out-of-state trips to cash the money orders and kept most of the proceeds, corroborated by airline records, the department confirmed.