SANTA ANA - (INT) - A Garden Grove man who worked for the Postal Service for more than two decades was sentenced Monday to 75 months in federal prison for stealing thousands of credit cards from the U.S. Mail and selling the credit cards on the black market.

Chinh Vuong, 49, was also ordered the defendant to pay $325,085 in restitution to Chase Bank USA and American Express.

Vuong pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Vuong told federal investigators that he made at least $6,000 per month selling stolen credit cards and “used the funds from the sale of stolen credit cards to pay for personal expenses, including designer handbags and boots, two BMW automobiles, alcohol and drugs,” according to court documents.

Vuong had worked at the United States Postal Service Santa Ana Processing and Distribution Center as a mail processing clerk for about 25 years.

Story Date: December 17, 2017