Local News in Brief : Postal Worker Given 2-Year Theft Term
A former Sherman Oaks postal worker has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing blank money orders and cashing them for more than $400,000 in what authorities called the largest such theft in Postal Service history.
Abraham Rothman, 68, who pleaded guilty last August to one count of conspiracy and four counts of selling and conveying government property without authority, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima to make $413,000 in restitution, Assistant U.S. Atty. Brian Hennigan said.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Dec. 17, 1988 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday December 17, 1988 Home Edition Part 1 Page 2 Column 1 Metro Desk 1 inches; 30 words Type of Material: Correction
A Nov. 30 article incorrectly reported that Gilbert Capaldo, a Reseda postal worker, pleaded guilty to 25 counts in connection with the theft of blank money orders. In fact, Capaldo pleaded guilty to five counts.
Another postal worker involved in the scheme, Gilbert Capaldo, 43, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and 25 counts of selling and conveying government property and is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 9.
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