Postal worker steals $18,000 with fraudulent money orders in Massachusetts, feds say
A Massachusetts woman admitted to stealing more than $18,000 from three postal stations where she worked, federal prosecutors said.
Christine Hedges, 47, pleaded guilty March 27 to one count of theft of government money, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a news release.
McClatchy News reached out to Hedges’ attorney March 28 but did not receive an immediate response.
According to an indictment, Hedges worked at three U.S. Postal Service offices in Brockton — about a 20-mile drive south from Boston — between October 2020 and August 2023.
As part of her job, she was in charge of processing no-fee money orders, but starting in October 2021, she began writing fraudulent money orders for her own use, prosecutors said.
She would write the money orders without customer request, according to prosecutors.
In total, Hedges issued nearly 70 fake money orders, with 11 of them made out to her boyfriend or family member, according to the indictment.
Then, in August 2023, Hedges was seen on security footage taking cash out of her workstation and putting it in her pocket, prosecutors said.
In total, she stole $18,939 from the three post offices, prosecutors said.
Hedges is set to be sentenced June 18 and faces up to 10 years in prison with three years of supervised release and a fine up to $250,000, according to prosecutors.
This story was originally published March 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM with the headline "Postal worker steals $18,000 with fraudulent money orders in Massachusetts, feds say."
