Brickbat: Sticky Fingers

Saahir Irby, who works at the U.S. Postal Service's Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center, has been charged with mail theft for taking government checks. Officials said Irby was seen on surveillance video taking mail from bins while on the job, totaling 112 checks during a single work shift. The distribution center processes both outbound U.S. Treasury checks as well as U.S. Treasury checks marked "return to sender."

Comments

[SQRLSY]

Rain, snow, or sunshine, son, some of us at the US Mail have take a shine to YOUR checks! How else to you expect us to pay for our moonshine? Shit's a bright, bright, moon-shiny day! (So long ass we don't get caught, shit is.)

[Fist of Etiquette]

...charged with mail theft for taking government checks.

i.e. his paycheck. Ha! I kid. Postal workers, am I right, people.

[Chumby]

Back of the envelope, Saahir is in a bit of trouble.

[Don't look at me!]

They should just letter do it.

[Chumby]

Someone was able to cheque on this.

[Don't look at me!]

We have to stamp out this kind of crime!

[Chumby]

Lick it before you stick it.

[TJJ2000]

Just because you work for the largest gang of Gov-Gun theft criminals; doesn't mean you can just start stealing everyone's $ all by yourself without your gang-leaders permission.

That's just too much worker initiative.

[TJJ2000]

Or better yet; he deserves a promotion to the IRS.

[Medulla Oblongata]

But trust them with ballots. Letter Carriers union is all-in for Harris, BTW>

[Rise of the Impedance]

I don't get it. Suppose I have a hot, paper check I want to turn into any amount of cash. How do I make that happen without it at least being charged back to whoever presents it the bank? I understand government incompetence, but this a high-risk, low-reward bet on them not following up on bad checks.

[John F. Carr]

"U.S. Treasury checks marked 'return to sender.'"

That's a clever method I hadn't thought of. Those checks are less likely to be noticed missing. But anonymous check cashing is hard. Whoever hands out the cash wants to be able to claw back the money if there is a problem.

[Minadin]

He apparently sold the checks to another criminal, they were found in the car of some other guy suspected of robbing banks and other crimes.

[Chumby]

Maybe the bank robber cashed the checks with the money he stole from the bank as a form of laundering.

[Don't look at me!]

You should coin an acronym for that!

[Chumby]

DNC