Postal Worker Who Swiped Over a Million Dollars in Checks from the Mail Also Stole Taxpayer Money in COVID Scam: Feds

Emerson Pavilus, 49, had been working for the U.S. Postal Service for about 15 years before he was found guilty of accepting bribes to deliver drugs along his mail route (Credit: Karen Wall/Image via Patch.com)

A U.S. Postal Service worker from Missouri was indicted for stealing over $1.5 million in checks and committing pandemic-related fraud after his fingerprints were found on the mail.

Anthony Virdure II, 29, was fired from the Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in St. Louis, where he handled all first-class mail. He allegedly pilfered checks from the mail for months.