Brickbat: Return to Sender

Mary Ann Magdamit, a former U.S. postal worker in Torrance, California, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. From at least 2022 until July 2025, while working as a letter carrier, she stole mail, including 133 credit and debit cards, 16 U.S. Treasury checks, and even a ghost gun, all of which were found during searches of her apartment. Prosecutors say Magdamit activated many of the stolen cards online to make purchases, sold others to coconspirators, and had others cash the checks using fake IDs. She used the money to buy luxury items, including a Rolex watch, and to fund vacations she flaunted on Instagram. She was ordered to pay back $660,200 to the victims and to forfeit her luxury goods.