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Veteran postal clerk convicted of embezzlement
SACRAMENTO September 17, 2008 11:06am 
• Stole more than $38,000 • Faces 35 years in prison Stephen Douglas Martin, 56, of Sacramento, who had worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 24 years, now faces up to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to theft and fraud from his employer.
Mr. Martin pleaded guilty to embezzlement of postal funds, theft of government money, making false reports on government accounting forms, and theft of postal money orders while employed as a window clerk at Sacramento’s Historic Metro Station Post Office.
Beginning in June 2007 and continuing until he was caught last March, Mr. Martin stole $38,242, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Rodriguez, who prosecuted the case.
He submitted false daily records and made false entries into the Metro Post Office’s point of sales system in order to decrease the amount of cash he needed to report on his daily record, prosecutors say.
The maximum penalty he faces is 35 years in prison, restitution, and a fine of up to $1,000,000. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 25.
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