Former Employee of Yatahey Contract Postal Unit Pleads Guilty to Federal Misdemeanor Embezzlement Charge

ALBUQUERQUE – Ahmed Abder-Rahman, 25, of Gallup, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a misdemeanor charge of theft of government property.  Under the terms of his plea agreement, Abder-Rahman will be sentenced to a term of probation and ordered to pay $10, 242.00 in restitution to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the victim of his criminal conduct.

Abder-Rahman was arrested on June 18, 2015, on an indictment charging him with theft of government property and theft of money orders.  According to the indictment, Abder-Rahman stole 13 money orders with a total value of $10,242.00 from the Yatahey Contract Postal Unit (CPU) of the USPS from April 30, 2014 through May 12, 2014, in McKinley County, N.M.  At the time the crimes were committed, Abder-Rahman was employed by the Yatahey CPU.

During today’s plea hearing, Abder-Rahman pled guilty to a misdemeanor information charging him with theft of government property.  In entering his guilty plea, Abder-Rahman admitted that he had access to USPS funds, supplies and equipment at the Yatahey CPU, and fraudulently negotiated money orders in the aggregate amount of $10,242.00 in April and May 2014, without having received the money payable on the money orders.  Court records reflect that Abder-Rahman used some of the money to pay off personal debts.   

A sentencing hearing for Abder-Rahman has yet to be scheduled.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elaine Y. Ramirez.