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Man Allegedly Used Change Of Address Form To Move UPS Headquarters To His Apartment (npr.org)

Posted by msmash on from the child's-play dept.

As federal crimes go, this one seems to have been ridiculously easy to pull off. From a report: Dushaun Henderson-Spruce submitted a U.S. Postal Service change of address form on Oct. 26, 2017, according to court documents. He requested changing a corporation's mailing address from an address in Atlanta to the address of his apartment on Chicago's North Side. The post office duly updated the address, and Henderson-Spruce allegedly began receiving the company's mail -- including checks. It went on for months. Prosecutors say he deposited some $58,000 in checks improperly forwarded to his address.

The corporation isn't named in the court documents, but the Chicago Tribune reports that it's the shipping company UPS. In a statement to NPR, UPS said it "was notified that some U.S. mail, intended for UPS employees at the company's headquarters address, was redirected by an unauthorized change of address by a third party. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) corrected the issue and the USPS Postal Inspector is investigating the incident."

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  1. deposited some checks into his own account? by CrimsonAvenger · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm really curious as to how he managed that, even if the checks were mailed to his house.

    Or are there really people dumb enough to mail off a check without bothering to fill in the "Pay to the Order of" line???

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    1. Re:deposited some checks into his own account? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'm really curious as to how he managed that, even if the checks were mailed to his house.

      Because it wasn't just the post office that was run by idiots, it was the bank too. What, you think someone is on the other side of the ATM and mobile deposit phone app, making sure all the signatures match?

      These kinds of issues can be found in between the lines of the procedures of any bureaucracy large enough.

    2. Re:deposited some checks into his own account? by amiga3D · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The reason this is so easy is that only a total fucking idiot would do it. There is no way to get away with this. Yes, you can run amuck for a few weeks, then your life will be totally destroyed. I might try this if I had terminal cancer and was going to die very soon, and no conscience. The costs to make this impossible are vastly higher than the minor damage done by the occasional fool.