WASHINGTON: A longtime US Customs and Border Protection officer has been convicted of stealing mail from the International Mail Facility in Torrance and arranging to have an accomplice deposit checks obtained from the stolen mail, prosecutors said Friday.
Carlos Canjura, 54, of Van Nuys was convicted in US District Court court on Wednesday of nine counts conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud and possession of stolen mail.
Canjura, who examined mail and packages coming into the United States for illegal goods, stole personal checks, traveler’s checks and money orders from international mail. He then gave the stolen checks to an accomplice, who fraudulently endorsed or altered them and deposited them. Canjura stole more than 100 checks totalling $65,000. Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell is expected to sentence Canjura on March 6 to up to 145 years in prison.
