NEWARK, N.J. – Halimatou Ndiaye, a 28-year-old Bronx resident, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for her role in a scheme involving the bribery of mail carriers and bank fraud.
Ndiaye pleaded guilty to bribing U.S. Postal Service mail carriers and conspiring to commit bank fraud. U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton imposed the sentence on Tuesday.
The scheme involved offering cash to mail carriers in East Orange and Newark in exchange for postal arrow keys, used to access mail receptacles.
Ndiaye and accomplices then used stolen mail to fraudulently obtain funds from banks. The activities occurred between January and July 2021.
In addition to prison, Ndiaye was sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $6,361 in restitution.
