Former CT postal worker admits to stealing checks from mail during fraud scheme

HARTFORD, Conn. — A former Connecticut postal employee admitted to stealing checks from the mail as part of a bank fraud scheme while pleading guilty to several offenses in Hartford federal court Friday.

Kierra Blount, 35, who used to live in Stamford and now resides in Plymouth, N.C., admitted to committing fraud and mail theft, according to a report from the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Court documents and statements note that Blount was employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Stamford, where she stole mail and took stolen mail for the purpose of getting checks that were payable to other people.

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Around November 2021, Blount created a bank account using t