RCA pleads guilty to stealing credit cards from mail
DOJ Press release:
Former rural carrier, Rodney Ervin, 41, of Humble, Texas has pleaded guilty to mail theft, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today.
Ervin pleaded guilty to each of the three charges this morning before United States District Judge Melinda Harmon. Judge Harmon accepted Ervin’s guilty pleas and has set sentencing for Jan. 30, 2009. Ervin faces a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment for the mail theft conviction and 10 years imprisonment for the unauthorized use of the access device conviction. Additionally, Ervin also faces a mandatory two-year minimum sentence on the aggravated identity theft conviction which must be served consecutive to any sentenced imposed on the other counts of conviction. Ervin was indicted and charged with all three counts of conviction on July 17, 2008.
Ervin began his employment with the U.S. Postal Service as a rural carrier associate on Aug. 28, 1999. He was assigned to work at the Bear Creek Station on Cairnway Drive in Houston. The investigation leading to the charges was triggered by the receipt of a complaint concerning fraudulent credit card charges from a customer residing on the route serviced by Ervin.
The United States Postal Service – Office of Inspector General investigation following the complaint ultimately identified Ervin on video surveillance at multiple merchant locations including Target, Exxon, Texaco and Academy Sports and Outdoors using the credit cards of three postal patrons residing on his route. In each of these transactions, Ervin fraudulently signed the legitimate customer’s name. To date, Ervin has been identified in connection with a total of approximately $2,517 in fraudulent charges to credit cards stolen from the U.S. Mail.
Ervin has been permitted to remain free on bond pending his sentencing.
The case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Tammie Y. Moore.
November 12th, 2008 08:10
DAMN ERV, maybe you can get a job in the prison mail room, earn the trust in the prison general population, Oh yea ! tell Bubba to be real gentle while he rubs oil on ya back. CONVICT !
November 13th, 2008 10:38
He trashes a good job for a lousy $2500 which he could earn in one month as a level 7 carrier. Go figure.
November 24th, 2008 23:47
What an idiot!!!! Over a lousy $2,500. Between my two jobs (As a RCA and a Resort Security Supervisor), I earn that in two weeks after taxes and now he’ll be serving a max of 10 years??!! Good job. It’s people like him that give the postal service a bad rap.
December 2nd, 2008 08:16
It’s his goodness to apologize himself.