Sean A. Walter, a 30-year-old resident of Humble, Texas, has pleaded guilty to charges related to the theft of business checks from U.S. Mail at an Albany postal facility. This announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Daniel Hanlon along with Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge at the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General for the Northeast Region, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the Boston Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service.
Walter admitted to unlawfully entering the USPS Albany Processing and Distribution Center on Karner Road multiple times during 2023 and 2024. On January 23, 2024, he forcefully entered the facility around midnight and stole various mail items believed to contain business checks. He repeated this act twice more that night.
He was arrested on May 14, 2024, after security guards confronted him inside the Albany PDC and he fled to a nearby motel. The stolen mail included checks from bank accounts belonging to entities such as a town government, a bank, a volunteer fire department, and several small businesses in Upstate New York. Walter sold these checks knowing they would be altered and forged for unauthorized negotiation. He acknowledged causing losses amounting to at least $242,159.76.
In addition to his activities in Albany, Walter admitted to two incidents in 2022 where he unlawfully entered the USPS North Houston PDC in Texas to steal business checks.
Walter faces up to five years in prison along with a potential fine of $250,000 and three years of supervised release following imprisonment when sentenced by United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino on June 30, 2025. Restitution payments may also be required.
The case was investigated by USPS-OIG and USPIS with Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett prosecuting.
