A Carson woman who formerly worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Torrance was sentenced on Monday, Dec. 8, to five years and three months behind bars after defrauding banks by stealing checks and debit and credit cards from the mail then selling them to accomplices.

Mary Ann Magdamit, 31, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge John F. Walter to pay $660,200 in restitution.

She pleaded guilty in August in Los Angeles federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

Magdamit worked out of Torrance’s main post office. She stole mail containing checks, personal identifying information, and debit and credit cards, according to her plea agreement and court documents.

She then activated some stolen bank-issued cards online, used the cards to make purchases,

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