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<\/p>\nATLANTA – 8\/29\/18 – Zachary Adam Johnson, a former postal employee, has been arraigned on federal charges for allegedly burglarizing a post office, stealing mail, and negotiating forged checks. Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 16, 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cJohnson allegedly abused his position as a former postal employee to exploit the U.S. mail system in order to steal identities and commit bank fraud, said U.S. Attorney Byung J. \u201cBJay\u201d Pak.\u00a0 \u201cWe are determined to safeguard our citizens from identify theft, as well as protecting the integrity of the postal and banking systems from these types of schemes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe U.S. Postal Inspection Service remains dedicated to the mission of protecting the nation\u2019s mail system from criminal misuse,\u201d said David M. McGinnis, Inspector in Charge of the Charlotte Division.\u00a0 \u201cBy working together with the Snellville Police Department, we were able to apprehend a subject that stole for his personal financial gain. The public can rest assured that Postal Inspectors will continue to maintain America\u2019s confidence in the integrity of the U.S. Postal Service.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to U.S. Attorney Pak, the charges, and other information presented in court: On June 26, 2018, Johnson was captured on a surveillance camera allegedly cashing a forged check at a SunTrust bank in Loganville, Georgia. On June 28, 2018, Johnson attempted to cash another forged check at a Regions Bank in Snellville, Georgia.\u00a0 Alert bank employees at Regions Bank recognized that the account holder\u2019s signature looked suspicious, and called their customer to confirm whether he had written the check.\u00a0 After learning that the check was forged, the bank employees called the local police.\u00a0 Johnson was arrested by the Snellville Police Department and later released on bond.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
While on bond, Johnson was captured twice on a surveillance camera, allegedly stealing letters and parcels from a U.S. Post Office on Oak Road in Snellville. A search of Johnson\u2019s car revealed a large quantity of stolen mail.<\/p>\n
Zachary Adam Johnson, 41, of Snellville, Georgia was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge John K. Larkins, III on federal charges of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, possession of stolen mail, postal burglary, and mail theft on August 28, 2018.\u00a0 Members of the public are reminded that the indictment only contains charges.\u00a0 The defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government\u2019s burden to prove the defendant\u2019s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.<\/p>\n
This case is being investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.<\/p>\n
Assistant U.S. Attorney Alana R. Black is prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n
For further information please contact the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Public Affairs Office at\u00a0USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov(link sends e-mail)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u>\u00a0or (404) 581-6016.\u00a0 The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is\u00a0http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndga<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ATLANTA – 8\/29\/18 – Zachary Adam Johnson, a former postal employee, has been arraigned on federal charges for allegedly burglarizing a post office, stealing mail, and negotiating forged checks. Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 16, 2018. \u201cJohnson allegedly abused his position as a former postal employee to exploit the U.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-theftandfraud","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24187,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24186\/revisions\/24187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}