> Henderson-Spruce now faces federal charges of mail theft, which carries a maximum sentence of five years, and mail fraud, which can be up to 20.
While a lot of current government processes aren't secure, they come with pretty hefty penalties that dissuade most people from messing around with them.
Do they actually investigate mail theft if it isn't at a huge scale like this? Someone got a hold of the USPS skeleton keys in our medium sized city (Oakland) and has raided the mail in our building multiple times, and we have them clearly on video for the multiple break ins, and the postal inspector in charge of the case just kind of shrugged it off as no big deal.
Would switching to a fob system that identifies who has access be the way to go?
[1] https://torontolife.com/city/crime/name-johnson-chrome-hes-c...
If I had forwarded Company X's mail to my house, I might be able to argue that I thought it was just a prank, and planned to contact their legal team about it (and give them the (sealed) mail). That is still probably illegal, but it's believable that someone might not realize that.
If I start opening the mail and cashing the checks? WTF, I don't see how anyone could confuse that for ethical or legal behavior.