{"id":39301,"date":"2026-04-15T11:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=39301"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:41:07","slug":"san-diego-couple-admit-to-two-year-mail-theft-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/04\/15\/san-diego-couple-admit-to-two-year-mail-theft-spree\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Couple Admit to Two-Year Mail Theft Spree"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO \u2013 4\/14\/26 – David Anthony Burge and Kyrsten Renee Bospflug pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that for two years, they stole mail from multiple post offices, apartment complexes and business complexes all over San Diego County \u2013 converting other peoples\u2019 checks, credit cards and personal information into more than $150,000 in nefarious profit.<\/p>\n

According to their plea agreements, from July 2023 to July 2025, the husband-and-wife team worked as partners in crime, using stolen U.S. Postal Service keys and counterfeit keys manufactured by Burge to access and steal mail from the Bonita Post Office and apartment complexes all over San Diego – on Island Avenue, Georgia Court, Broadway Street, Ohio Street, 31st<\/sup>\u00a0Street, Riviera Drive, and Pacific Beach Drive.<\/p>\n

Burge and Bospflug admitted they altered stolen checks so they could cash them. They also impersonated victims at banks using the victim\u2019s personally identifiable information \u2013 such as names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers and credit and debit card account numbers – obtained from the stolen mail.<\/p>\n

For example, Burge falsely presented himself to at least three different banks posing as one of his victims, using the victim\u2019s actual birth date, Social Security number and other information to open bank accounts in the victim\u2019s name. Burge then mobile deposited stolen checks that were altered to list the victim as the payee, and then he deposited the stolen checks into the bank accounts that he opened and controlled. Bospflug admitting doing the same at two other banks, posing as a different victim.<\/p>\n

The plea agreement details how Burge and Bospflug exchanged text messages detailing their crimes. For instance, in February 2024, Burge reported to Bospflug that \u201cmail was scarce\u201d but that \u201cwe have 2 amex\u201d and \u201clet\u2019s see what we can do with these checks.\u201d Burge and Bospflug understood \u201c2 amex\u201d to mean two American Express credit cards stolen from the mail, and the reference to \u201cchecks\u201d to mean checks intended for others and stolen from the mail. On another occasion, Bospflug texted Burge to ask him to confirm a victim\u2019s social security number. Burge texted back a photograph containing that victim\u2019s PII. Bospflug texted back, \u201cNice, I remembered it,\u201d to which Burge replied, \u201c[N]ice job \u2026 hopefully it works.\u201d<\/p>\n

The defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on June 25 at 12:30 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz.<\/p>\n

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Allison Rogge and Eric Olah.<\/p>\n

If you believe you may have been a victim of this crime, please contact the United States Postal Inspection Service hotline at 877-876-2455.<\/p>\n

DEFENDANTS<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Case Number 26-cr-00726-BTM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Anthony Burge\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Age: 33\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chula Vista, CA<\/p>\n

Kyrsten Renee Bospflug\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Age: 36\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Spring Valley, CA<\/p>\n

SUMMARY OF CHARGES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mail Theft Conspiracy \u2013 Title 18, U.S.C., Section 371<\/p>\n

Maximum penalty: Five years in prison and $250,000 fine<\/p>\n

INVESTIGATING AGENCY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

United States Postal Inspection Service<\/p>\n

*The charges and allegations contained in an indictment or complaint are merely accusations, and the defendants are considered innocent unless and until proven guilty.<\/p>\n

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SAN DIEGO \u2013 4\/14\/26 – David Anthony Burge and Kyrsten Renee Bospflug pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that for two years, they stole mail from multiple post offices, apartment complexes and business complexes all over San Diego County \u2013 converting other peoples\u2019 checks, credit cards and personal information into more than $150,000 in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,72,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-theftandfraud","category-postal-crime","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39301","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=39301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39302,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39301\/revisions\/39302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}