Newton Post Office Employee Accused Of Postal Money Order Scam

NEWTON, MA — A U.S. Postal Service employee was charged Monday in federal court in Boston with embezzling more than $18,000.

Rashayna Seney, 26, of Randolph, was charged in an information with one count of embezzlement and theft of public money, property or records, United States Attorney Andrew Lelling's office announced.

According to the charging document, Seney began working for USPS around 2015, and in 2016 she became a Sales and Service Distribution Associate at the Waban Post Office. There, Seney had the ability to issue foreign and domestic postal money orders.

Prosecutors accuse Seney of particpating in a scheme in which she issued money orders to friends and then voided the transactions so that her friends could deposit the orders without ever paying for them.

Officials also acuse Seney of using counterfeit bills in exchange for some money orders that her associates then cashed, costing the USPS more than $18,000.

Seney could face up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine if convicted.

[Editor's Note: There was an error in the original information provided by the DA's office. Seney did not work for the USPS when she was in elementary school. This version has been adjusted.]

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