New York Man Who Used Stolen Identities in U.S. Postal Service Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EZEKIEL BAILEY, 33, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment and one year of supervised release for using stolen identities to defraud the U.S. Postal Service.

According to court documents and statements made in court, the U.S Postal Inspection Service began an investigation after receiving reports that an individual had been passing, and attempting to pass, bad checks to purchase thousands of dollars in postage stamps from U.S. Post Offices in Connecticut and surrounding states.  The investigation revealed that Bailey had used the identities of three separate victims, fake driver’s licenses, and checks linked to empty bank accounts that had been created in the victims’ names, to purchase or attempt to purchase $134,297 in stamps from U.S. Post Offices in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, and elsewhere.

On January 20, 2023, Bailey was arrested on related state charges after he attempted to purchase 25 books of postage stamps for $300 at post office in Stonington.  He possessed two fake driver’s licenses in the names of identity theft victims at the time of his arrest.  He was charged federally on November 26, 2024.

On September 15, 2025, Bailey pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft, an offense that carries a mandatory term of imprisonment of two years.

This investigation was conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel George.