Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A former United States Postal Service employee was sentenced on April 2 in federal court in Boston for stealing mail and government funds.
Michael Murray, age 38, from Lynn, received a sentence of 30 months’ probation from U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin. He was also ordered to pay $8,553 in restitution and forfeit $5,130. Murray had pleaded guilty in January to one count of theft of mail matter by an employee and one count of theft of government money after being indicted by a federal grand jury in April last year.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Murray worked as a postal clerk at the Beach Street Post Office in Revere and the Melrose Post Office between September 2022 and July 2023. During this period, he stole contents from hundreds of pieces of mail entrusted to him—including gift cards, cash, and checks totaling about $3,422—and fraudulently negotiated USPS money orders amounting to approximately $5,131.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley said she made the announcement along with Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge at the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General for the Northeast Area Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dustin Chao prosecuted the case.
