A postal worker who admitted to stealing valuable items from the mail and selling them for cash at pawn shops has been sentenced to time served, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
John R. Elbayeh, 44, of Albany, NY worked as a mail processing clerk at the U.S. Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in Albany for 6 years. According to court records, Elbayeh was targeted for surveillance because of allegations that he was stealing mail.