Kierra Blount, a former employee of the U.S. Postal Service in Stamford, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for her involvement in a scheme involving mail theft and bank fraud. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford, according to an announcement from David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Court records show that Blount stole mail while working for the Postal Service and acquired stolen mail with the intent to obtain checks made out to other people. In November 2021, she opened a bank account using another person’s name and social security number without their knowledge. Working with others, Blount altered payee names on stolen checks so they matched the identity theft victim’s name, forged signatures on those checks, and deposited them into the fraudulent account.
Between November 2021 and April 2022, about $156,000 in fraudulent checks were deposited into this account. While some deposits were reversed by the bank, approximately $81,000 was used by Blount and her associates.
Investigators executed a court-authorized search at Blount’s Stamford residence on June 20, 2023. They seized stolen mail as well as debit cards issued in various names, checks totaling more than $285,000, and documents containing personal information such as names, birth dates, addresses, email addresses, and answers to security questions belonging to others. Analysis of cell phones taken during the search revealed images of stolen checks and identifying details for over 50 individuals along with communications via Telegram with unidentified collaborators.
Blount was indicted on March 26, 2024; she was arrested on June 17 that year. On August 29, 2025 she pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud and unlawful possession of stolen mail.
She is currently free on a $75,000 bond but must report to prison by April 8.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Connecticut Organized Financial Fraud Task Force with assistance from police departments in Stamford, Milford, Westport, Fairfield, West Haven, West Hartford and Bridgeport. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shan Patel prosecuted the case.