Federal prosecutors say stolen mail, counterfeit postal keys, and a stolen postal lock were used to access apartment mailboxes across Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Two San Antonio residents have admitted to a mail theft and identity fraud scheme that targeted hundreds of residents in Corpus Christi, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.<\/p>\n
Federal prosecutors said the pair stole mail and used postal keys to break into apartment mailboxes between August and December 2025.<\/p>\n
Authorities said Summer Muniz and Eusebio Valdez conspired to steal mail from hundreds of residents throughout Corpus Christi. Investigators said Muniz also stole a postal lock, while Valdez used counterfeit postal keys to access apartment mailbox units.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said information taken from the stolen mail was later used for identity theft. Muniz used those details to withdraw at least $2,500 from a victim\u2019s bank account.<\/p>\n
Both suspects have pleaded guilty in the case.<\/p>\n
Sentencing is scheduled for June 3 before U.S. District Judge David Morales. Valdez faces up to 10 years in prison for possessing counterfeit postal keys. Muniz faces a mandatory two-year prison sentence for the identity theft conviction.<\/p>\n
Officials said Muniz will also be required to pay restitution for damages to apartment mailboxes and for financial losses suffered by victims.<\/p>\n
Authorities said both Valdez and Muniz remain in custody and will stay in custody until their sentencing hearings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal prosecutors say stolen mail, counterfeit postal keys, and a stolen postal lock were used to access apartment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-193314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}