Fill and Sign the 18 Us Code1709 Theft of Mail Matter by Officer or Employee Form

53 Theft Of Mail Matter By Postal Service Employee 18 USC § 1709 Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709, makes it a Federal crimeor offense for any Postal Service employee to embezzle any mail matter possessed by the employee during such employment. The Defendant can be found guilty of that offense only if all of thefollowing facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:First: That the Defendant was a Postal Service employee at the time stated in the indictment;Second: That as a Postal Service employee the Defendant had been entrusted with, or had come into possession of, the mail matter described in the indictment, which mail matter was intended to be conveyed by mail; andThird: That the Defendant t hereafter knowingly and willfully embezzled such mail matter. Mail matter is " intended to be conveyed by mail" if a reasonable person who saw the item would think it was something intended to be delivered through the mail. [The fact that a particular letter or other mail matter may have been a " decoy" that was not meant to go anywhere would not prevent your finding that it was intended to be conveyed by mail if a reasonable person who saw the item would think it was normal mail matter that was to be delivered.] To " embezzle" means the wrongful or willful taking of money or property belonging to someone else after the money or property has lawfully come into the possession or control of the person taking it. ANNOTATIONS AND COMMENTS 18 USC § 1709 provides: Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee, embezzles any letter, post al card, package, bag, or mail, or any article or thing contained therein entrust ed to him or which comes into his possession intended to be conveyed by mail [shall be guilty of an offense against the United States].Maximum Penalty: Five (5) years imprisonment and applicable fine.