Postal Worker, 6 Others Conspired To Steal More Than $3M: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A post office worker and six area residents are accused of stealing more than $3 million through a scheme involving stolen U.S. Treasury checks.

The U.S. Attorney’s office on Thursday announced charges against seven people, who are accused of conspiracy, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft.

Prosecutors said the scheme involved cashing stolen U.S. Treasury checks at the U.S. Post Office in Hartford.

Rashelle Sailor, 40, of Hartford, who worked as a postal clerk there, is among those facing charges.

Indictments have been returned against Michael Atkinson, 27, of East Hartford; Roland McTaggart, 27, of Hartford; Sharif Djibo, 28, of East Hartford; Romario Rose, 31, of Newington; Jashawn Atkinson, 23, of Hartford; and Adrian Olivero, 53, of New Britain, prosecutors said.

All have been arrested except for Olivero, who as of late Thursday was still being sought by law enforcement.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, the conspirators obtained stolen U.S. Treasury checks and cashed them at the Blue Hills Post Office on Woodland Street in Hartford, where Sailor worked as a postal clerk.

The U.S. Attorney’s office claims the defendants cashed more than 1,300 stolen U.S. Treasury checks totaling more than $3.1 million between February and July 2025.

David X. Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, said the investigation is ongoing.

“The fact that the scheme involved, and would not have been successful without, the participation of at least one corrupt government employee, is particularly disturbing,” Sullivan said.

Ketty Larco-Ward, inspector in charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, said, “The Postal Inspection Service will not tolerate thieves — regardless of who they are — using the U.S. Mail to harm postal customers or the financial institutions that serve them.”