Four people pled guilty Tuesday in a scheme to steal $84 million worth of government checks from a postal distribution center and resell them online.
Philadelphia's Saahir Irby, 28, and Tauheed Tucker, 24; Cory Scott, 26, of Ardmore; and Alexander Telewoda, 26, of Clifton Heights, entered their pleas before a judge in the U.S. Eastern District Court. All faced charges of conspiracy to steal government funds, theft and mail theft.
From June 2023 to September 2024, Irby and Tucker obtained envelopes with U.S. Treasury checks while working at the U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center at 7500 Lindbergh Blvd. in Southwest Philly. They would then sell the envelopes with the checks to Scott and Telewoda, who would resell them on Telegram and mail the checks to buyers around the United States, officials said.
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