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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan Allegedly Used Change Of Address Form To Move UPS Headquarters To His (Chicago) Apartment
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/10/610102872/man-allegedly-used-change-of-address-form-to-move-ups-headquarters-to-his-apartmHe requested changing a corporation's mailing address from an address in Atlanta to the address of his apartment on Chicago's North Side.
The post office duly updated the address, and Henderson-Spruce allegedly began receiving the company's mail including checks. It went on for months. Prosecutors say he deposited some $58,000 in checks improperly forwarded to his address.
The corporation isn't named in the court documents, but the Chicago Tribune reports that it's the shipping company UPS.
While this case is eye-popping no one at the post office thought it weird that a guy was getting thousands of pieces of a company's mail forwarded to his apartment? there have been many reports of regular people having their mailing addresses changed without their knowledge.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Imagine doing that with Bank of America or any other company for that matter.
underpants
(182,789 posts)Seriously someone should have caught this.
mopinko
(70,092 posts)gotta love it.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)He reminds me of the guy who wrote his account number on all the deposit slips in the bank.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I think I read somewhere that criminals tend to be really really dumb, or really really smart.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)jberryhill
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(28,979 posts)Moosepoop
(1,920 posts)When a change of address form is filled out, the USPS automatically sends a "Move Validation Letter" (MVL) to the person moving (though it's always been more in the form of a postcard, in my experience). It's sent to the address being moved from. It says something like "Dear So-and-So, you have filed a change of address form with us. If you did not make this request, contact us at blah blah blah..."
This is intended to alert a person who has had someone else forward their mail without their knowledge. A letter or card would have been sent to the UPS headquarters address. Whoever's desk it landed on perhaps didn't read it carefully and tossed it thinking it was junk mail, or just didn't take it seriously. I'll bet there's a protocol in place for such an event now, though.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)In the days before direct deposit it was common to get checks in the mail. A suspicious employee at a check cashing place called me and I told them to call the cops. They were able to stall him till the cops got there and they found a bunch of my mail in his car. He spent about 4 years in the federal pen for that and other charges.