Emmanuel Odion Esezobor, 51, was convicted by a Federal judge of stealing $13,800 from the U.S. Postal Service in February and March.

Esezobor, now a former employee of the Alamo Post Office in Texas, was found to have been purchasing money orders with counterfeit cash he got from Nigeria and cashing them for real US currency. He then used that money to pay for his utility bills.

An undercover investigation started in October by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General after a supervisor at the Alamo Post Office found counterfeit $100 bills in the cash register and reported it.

“[It] did not feel like … a genuine bill,” said Secret Service Special Agent David Stewart in an affidavit.

On Thursday, a U.S. District Court jury in Oakland convicted him on one count of theft of public money and seven counts of passing counterfeit money.

This goes to show you that counterfeit cash is a big problem, even in government-run facilities such as the US Post Office.

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