Mail Theft Scheme In Delco Lands Man Year In Federal Prison

UPPER DARBY, PA — A Delaware County man has been sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a mail theft scheme, federal authorities said.

United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said Anthony Mazzccua, 25, of Upper Darby, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $26,654.94 in restitution for his participation in a scheme to attempt to steal mail from a U.S. Postal Service collection box and his possession of stolen mail.

Hervens Toussaint, 26, also of Upper Darby, was sentenced in May to three years of probation, a $1,000 fine, and restitution of $15,706.67 in connection with the same scheme, authorities said.

Both admitted their roles in the scheme, pleading guilty earlier this year to attempted mail theft, and aiding and abetting attempted mail theft, and possession of stolen mail.

The charges arose from Mazzccua and Toussaint's use of a United States Postal Service Arrow Key to steal mail from collection boxes in Delaware County.

They would then find checks, wash and alter the payee names and amounts on the checks, and deposit the altered checks into bank accounts belonging to third-party individuals. In at least some instances, they withdrew or attempted to withdraw the fraudulently deposited funds from those third-party bank accounts.

On Oct. 27, 2021, law enforcement found the man, along with an unindicted juvenile, trying to steal mail from a blue collection box in Aston.

At the time he was apprehended, Mazzccua had six stolen checks and a USPS route key tag on his person. Moreover, law enforcement found about 13 pieces of stolen mail and eight stolen checks in the car being used by the men to steal mail.

The actual fraud loss for which Mazzccua was responsible for, as a result of his depositing of washed and altered checks stolen from Delaware County, was approximately $26,654.94.