Post office employee arrested for swiping money orders
PHARSALIA – An East Pharsalia woman faces felony charges after she allegedly stole over $4,600 in postal money orders from the post office where she worked.
Amanda L. Hamilton, 27, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the crimes, which police say happened over a four month period earlier this year.
According to Lt. Richard Cobb of the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office, Hamilton worked as a contract employee at the East Pharsalia Post Office for approximately four years. Between April and July of this year, she is believed to have forged around 15 money orders, stealing approximately $4,640.
“Basically, she was just filling them out, mostly to herself and some to other businesses to pay personal accounts,” Cobb reported.
According to Cobb, her actions were discovered by the Federal Reserve Bank, which noticed a discrepancy between the number of money orders reported sold at the East Pharsalia Post Office versus the number cashed. The Federal Reserve notified the United States Postal Inspection Service in Syracuse, who in turn contacted the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office.
Hamilton was arrested following an investigation by the Sheriff’s Office with the assistance of U.S. Postal Inspectors. She is charged with third degree grand larceny and second degree forgery, both class D felonies; first degree offering a false instrument for filing, a class E felony; and second degree falsifying business records and petit larceny, both class A misdemeanors.
Following her arrest, Hamilton was arraigned before Chenango County Supreme Court Judge Kevin M. Dowd and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1,000 cash bail. Bail has since been posted on her behalf, and she is due to appear in Pharsalia Town Court at a later date.
Amanda L. Hamilton, 27, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the crimes, which police say happened over a four month period earlier this year.
According to Lt. Richard Cobb of the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office, Hamilton worked as a contract employee at the East Pharsalia Post Office for approximately four years. Between April and July of this year, she is believed to have forged around 15 money orders, stealing approximately $4,640.
“Basically, she was just filling them out, mostly to herself and some to other businesses to pay personal accounts,” Cobb reported.
According to Cobb, her actions were discovered by the Federal Reserve Bank, which noticed a discrepancy between the number of money orders reported sold at the East Pharsalia Post Office versus the number cashed. The Federal Reserve notified the United States Postal Inspection Service in Syracuse, who in turn contacted the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office.
Hamilton was arrested following an investigation by the Sheriff’s Office with the assistance of U.S. Postal Inspectors. She is charged with third degree grand larceny and second degree forgery, both class D felonies; first degree offering a false instrument for filing, a class E felony; and second degree falsifying business records and petit larceny, both class A misdemeanors.
Following her arrest, Hamilton was arraigned before Chenango County Supreme Court Judge Kevin M. Dowd and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1,000 cash bail. Bail has since been posted on her behalf, and she is due to appear in Pharsalia Town Court at a later date.
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