Postal Worker Caught Stealing Coupons

Daniel Krajewski, age 57, from Sterling Heights, Michigan, was arrested for stealing cigarette coupons from the mail. A postal supervisor at the Detroit Processing and Distribution Center was tipped off by employees that Krajewski was stealing coupons from the mail.

Krajewski, a mail processor at the center, was seen by postal inspectors putting mail from tobacco companies into a trash can then later putting them into his lunch container.

After the incident, Krajewski was interviewed by the postal inspectors, at which time he admitted to stealing coupons for three years. He sold the coupons to various store owners for about 30 percent of their value, an amount figured at close to $10,000.

According to the complaint, inspectors searching his lunch carrier found 134 pieces of stolen mail, of those 127 were from tobacco companies. The stolen mail was what Krajewski had managed to steal in one day.

Krajewski was charged with stealing mail and embezzlement. Both are federal crimes.

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