Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A former employee of the U.S. Postal Service has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for embezzling over $18,000. Christine Hedges, 47, from Brockton, received a sentence of three years probation from U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs. She was also ordered to pay restitution and forfeiture totaling $18,939.58.
In March 2025, Hedges pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government money after being indicted by a federal grand jury. Hedges had worked for the USPS since around 2020 and served as a Lead Sales & Service Associate in Brockton during her last year with the service.
Between October 2021 and August 2023, Hedges engaged in a scheme to misappropriate USPS funds for personal use. She generated no-fee money orders without customer requests or presence at her workstation and stole cash from her drawer, often replacing it with fraudulent money orders. During this period, she created approximately 64 fraudulent no-fee money orders, with 11 made out to her boyfriend or family members.
Video surveillance captured between August 1 and August 14, 2023, showed Hedges removing cash from her drawer on at least one occasion and placing it in her pocket. In total, she misappropriated approximately $18,939 in postal funds.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General's Northeast Area Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristina E. Barclay from the Public Corruption & Special Prosecutions Unit.
