St. Petersburg Man Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud And Mail Theft

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Ah’Jhzae Diamondric Artag Berry (30, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to four counts of bank fraud and six counts of mail theft. Berry faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison for each bank fraud count and up to 5 years’ imprisonment for each mail theft count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

According to court documents, on multiple occasions, usually at night, between January and June 2024, Berry, aided and abetted by others, broke into U.S. Postal Service receptacles using a stolen Postal Service key. Berry stole the mail from the receptacles and opened it to remove contents of value including debit cards, credit cards, gift cards, and checks. Berry and his accomplices altered the payee on the stolen checks and fraudulently deposited them at federally insured banks. In total, they victimized hundreds of individuals with a total intended loss of more than $380,000.

This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service. It is being prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Joseph Wheeler, III.