Mail Carrier Accused Of Stealing Cash, Gift Cards From Mail: Feds

WEST HAVEN, CT — A West Haven woman who worked as a mail carrier out of the New Haven Post Office is accused of stealing cash and gift cards from the mail, according to authorities. Elizabeth Urbani, 42, has been charged by a federal complaint with theft of mail by a U.S. Postal Service employee, officials announced Friday.

Urbani, who started working for the U.S. Postal Service in 2015, most recently was a mail carrier assigned to the New Haven Post Office. Beginning in December 2019, some USPS customers along Urbani’s mail route submitted complaints that their mail was missing or had been stolen, according to officials.

“Subsequent investigation revealed that, in January and February 2020, Urbani opened approximately 125 pieces of mail and stole cash and gift cards contained within several of those mail pieces,” officials wrote in a news release.

Urbani, who resigned from the USPS, was released on a $50,000 bond.

The charge of theft of mail by an employee carries a maximum term of five years in prison.