Torrance mail carrier who stole bank cards is sentenced

A former U.S. Postal Service carrier in Torrance was sentenced this week to more than five years for stealing mail, using stolen bank cards, checks and unemployment benefits to fund luxury shopping sprees and international vacations —all while bragging about it online.

- BY GAVIN J. QUINTON

THE ex-postal worker will serve 63 months.

(Department of Justice)

Mary Ann Magdamit, 31, of Carson was sentenced Monday to 63 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $660,200 in restitution, according to the U.S. attorney's office. Magdamit pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

"Especially for the poorest Americans, who are often unbanked, they rely on the mail to deliver their government benefits in the form of Treasury checks or EDD debit cards, precisely what [Magdamit] chose to steal," prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum.