Decatur County Woman Sentenced for Lucrative Mail Fraud Scheme

Jackson, TN – A Decatur County woman has been sentenced to federal prison for maintaining a mail fraud scheme that defrauded a company of more than $770,000. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.

According to information presented in court, 50-year-old Vickie McBride, of Decatur County, Tennessee, was an office manager of Buck Building Supply, Inc. The business had locations in two Tennessee counties – Decatur and Henderson.

In 2007, McBride devised a scheme to steal funds from Buck Building Supply by accepting cash payments made on customers’ accounts, showing the payments as store credits in the company’s computer accounting software. The United States Postal Service was used to accept customers’ payments. McBride used the money for personal expenses.

McBride continued her scheme until 2014, when the business’ owners discovered the fraud. Over a seven-year-plus period, McBride stole more than $770,000 from the company.

In October 2015, McBride pled guilty to one count of mail fraud before Chief U.S. District Judge J. Daniel Breen.

On Tuesday, March 1, 2016, Judge Breen sentenced McBride to 27 months incarceration. She was also ordered to pay $770,829.22 in restitution.

This case was investigated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and the United States Postal Inspectors Service.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Wilson prosecuted this case on the government’s behalf.