A Cayuga County man will not go to prison for stealing money orders while working for the U.S. Postal Service in Ithaca last year.
40-year-old Stephen Perrine of King Ferry was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months of probation. He had faced up to one year in prison.
Perrine previously pled guilty and admitted that while working for the USPS in Ithaca he stole 10 money orders totaling $2,480, by issuing them to himself and entering fraudulent justifications in a USPS accounting system. For example, Perrine admitted that he stole and cashed a $400 money order on or about September 13, 2022, and that he documented the money order as having been issued as payment for “local transport.” Similarly, Perrine admitted that on November 15, 2022, he stole and cashed a $200 money order, which he fraudulently documented as having been issued as payment for “office supplies.”
Perrine was ordered to pay full restitution of $2,480 to the USPS. Perrine no longer works for USPS, as he resigned from his position after he was charged in this case.
USPS-OIG investigated this case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael F. Perry prosecuted this case.
