Connecticut supervisor guilty in theft of postal funds
Kevin J. O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found GINO PASSARO, age 39, of Prospect, Connecticut, guilty of one count of stealing postal funds. The jury returned its verdict October 25, after a one-day trial.
According to the evidence presented during the trial, PASSARO was a Customer Service Supervisor at the United States Post Office in Branford, Connecticut. Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend in 2005, a video camera captured footage of PASSARO twice entering a locked vault in the Branford Post Office. PASSARO used his combination to open the safe and then used a foot-long screwdriver to pry open cash drawers, from which he took less than $1000 in cash.
Passaro is scheduled to be sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis on January 12, 2007, at which time he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of one year and a fine of up to $100,000.
This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney William J. Nardini.
Since PASSARO is a supervisor, he’ll get a slap on the wrist then a transfer to a similar job in another office. Over the long term, I’ve noticed management doesn’t push for severe prosecution when the person involved is one of their own.
That’s how I see it…
Larry is eactly right…when someone in supervison or management screws up they get promoted to another office…its like a deck of cards, they just get shuffled around to a place no one has heard of them before. Now if it was a union empoyee, they would be fired on the spot and have charges brought on them by the OIG.
You moron’s, this guy is gone…..Supervisor’s don’t have half a dozen flunky union reps running to represent them.
morons wraped in lace– I would hate to know what all goes on in the field
Nice! Two guys tell it the way they see things and two (from management?) attack with name calling. The two guys name calling are defending managements bad rep for “handling their own”
I’ve seen this kind of stuff before. We had a boss that was stealing from the Post Office — they moved her down to a carrier in another city — but she was back on the desk in a couple years. He’ll probably be transferred and land on his feet.
what a crock. F****ing union whiners. I’m a casual, for the season, and what a load. I am working with the exact same thing. A former clerk, CONVICTED of theft in a CRIMINAL court but yet the union fought to keep her job. Oh boo hoo. So now, this LAZY ass broad is a mail handler or some crap b/c her coworkers would rather work with a thief than see “management” win. I’ve been approached by some union slug about “joining the family…One more semester of college then I get to be far from you people. Now you are whining b/c a supervisor is getting prosecuted…
Not one person I work with remotely likes their job but yet their sense of entitlement keeps them from leaving to try to be productive in the world. You call yourselves “craft” employees but what exactly is your craft? pushing buttons? sorting junk mail? sweeping? Now wonder you are a great topic for comedy skits.
CSI here we come. What a comedy act the usps would be. I think there would be some great TV ratings if someone were to do a postal service reality show! Kind of like SURVIVOR!