ST. PETERSBURG, FL \u2014 A St. Petersburg man will spend five years and five months in federal prison for bank fraud and mail theft, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.<\/p>\n
Ah\u2019Jhzae Diamondric Artag Berry, 30, pleaded guilty to the charges on June 4. <\/p>\n
On many occasions, usually at night, between January and June 2024, Berry, with the help of others, broke into U.S. Postal Service receptacles using a stolen USPS key, the DOJ said. <\/p>\n
He stole and opened mail, removing valuable contents, including debit cards, credit cards, gift cards and checks. At least once, Berry stole election ballots. <\/p>\n
He and his accomplices altered the payee on the stolen checks and fraudulently deposited them at banks. <\/p>\n
In total, they stole more than $380,000 from hundreds of victims, the DOJ said. <\/p>\n
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