Fil-Am postal worker who flaunted cash on social media pleads guilty to mail theft

LOS ANGELES –A Filipino American who formerly worked as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in Torrance, California, pleaded guilty Monday to stealing checks and credit cards from the mail then selling them to her accomplices and flaunting the cash on Instagram.

Mary Ann Magdamit, 31, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Magdamit, who is based in Carson, California, is a former letter carrier at the Torrance Main Post Office.

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According to her plea agreement and court documents previously filed in the case, Magdamit stole mail containing checks, personal identifying information, and debit and credit cards.

She then activated the stolen bank-issued cards online, used the cards to make purchases and sold some stolen cards to her co-conspirators.

She also arranged to have her co-conspirators cash the stolen checks, usually by people using counterfeit identity documents in the name of the check’s payee, federal prosecutors said.

Law enforcement personnel searched Magdamit’s apartment in December 2024 and seized 133 stolen credit and debit cards, 16 US Department of Treasury checks and a loaded, un-serialized Glock clone with an extended 27- round magazine, commonly referred to as a ghost gun, authorities said.

Agents also discovered luxury goods purchased with cards she stole from the mail. Court papers show she used stolen cards on international trips she took to Turks and Caicos and Aruba.

Agents arrested Magdamit on July 1, after learning that she continued to make purchases with victims’ credit cards. A second search of Magdamit’s apartment that day yielded more stolen cards, prosecutors said.

Magdamit posted about her luxury purchases and vacations on Instagram, and flaunted stacks of hundred-dollar bills. She has agreed to forfeit a Rolex watch and other luxury goods.

US District Judge John Walter scheduled an Oct. 27 sentencing hearing, at which time Magdamit will face up to 30 years in federal prison, prosecutors noted. (With CNS report)

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