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A former U.S. postal inspector stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from packages mailed by elderly victims of lottery fraud schemes.<\/p>\n

The thefts occurred while the inspector held a leadership role investigating such crimes, reports<\/a> Military.com.<\/p>\n

Scott Kelley, 52, of Pembroke, Massachusetts, served as team leader of the mail fraud unit at the Boston headquarters of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.<\/p>\n

He gained access to daily reports tracking suspicious parcels under the JOLT (Jamaican Operations Linked to Telemarketing) initiative, an effort of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) designed at disrupting Jamaican-linked telemarketing scams that promised false lottery winnings to seniors.<\/p>\n

Kelley requested the packages be routed to him, opened nearly 1,950 of them from January 2019 through August 2023, and removed the cash inside.<\/p>\n

One victim was a 76-year-old retired Army veteran in Kansas who lost $19,100, while others included a retired construction worker, a retired nurse, and a 56-year-old Massachusetts resident on Social Security disability benefits who mailed $15,000.<\/p>\n

Kelley pleaded guilty to dozens of federal counts including wire fraud, mail fraud, mail theft by a postal officer, money laundering, structuring transactions to avoid reporting, and filing false tax returns.<\/p>\n

He laundered portions of the stolen funds and used some for personal expenses without reporting the income to the IRS.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs set sentencing for November 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

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