PORTLAND, Ore. — A 43-year-old Portland man who used counterfeit master keys to pillage mailboxes across the metropolitan area has been sentenced to more than four and a half years in federal prison, prosecutors announced.
Michael John Peters received a 55-month prison term followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $30,079 in victim restitution and a $400 special assessment after pleading guilty to charges including possession of stolen mail, possession of counterfeit postal service arrow keys, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
Federal investigators began tracking Peters in May 2025 following a string of thefts targeting secure apartment and condominium complexes across Portland. Surveillance cameras repeatedly captured Peters slipping into residential lobbies, using counterfeit U.S. Postal Service keys to open master cluster boxes, and walking away with residents’ mail…