Bloomfield Man, Ex-USPS Carrier Admits He Stole Mail

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier from Bloomfield has admitted he intercepted and removed envelopes containing credit cards from the mail, authorities announced Wednesday.

At the time of the thefts, Jaquan Miller, 30, of Bloomfield, was working at the Hudson City Station Post Office in Jersey City, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Miller pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal mail. He remains released on a $50,000 unsecured bond, prosecutors said.

According to prosecutors:

“Miller was a U.S. Postal Service employee at the Hudson City Station Post Office in Jersey City. From the summer of 2017 through August 2018, Miller removed envelopes containing credit cards from the mail and delivered the stolen credit cards to Moussa Dagno and Olagoke Araromi and others, who then used the stolen credit cards at retail stores to purchase electronics and other items.”

The conspiracy charge is punishable by a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense. Sentencing for Miller is scheduled for March 25, prosecutors said.

Dagno and Araromi each pleaded guilty in April to paying bribes, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft, and were sentenced on Oct. 15 to 57 months in prison and 61 months in prison, respectively, prosecutors said.

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