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WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT TO POSTAL THEFT
August 20, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SANDRA F. FRANCOIS, age 46, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to a one-count of Bill of Information charging conversion of a U. S. Postal Money Order, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten today.
According to the Factual Basis, on December 5, 2007, FRANCOIS, who at the time was a Paulina Post Office employee, took a U. S. Postal Money Order in the amount of $800 and cashed it for her own personal use. The defendant faces a possible maximum penalty of one (1) year of imprisonment, a fine of not more than $100,000.00 and one (1) year of supervised release. She is scheduled to be sentenced on November 12, 2008.
The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward J. Rivera.
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