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$874K Scheme: Former Postmaster From Mass Defrauded Postal Service, Solicited Bribes: Feds
A 50-year-old Massachusetts man who once served as postmaster for a Fairfield County post office has admitted to defrauding the US Postal Service out of over $874,000 as part of a bribery, kickback, and embezzlement scheme that he operated, officials announced.
Former Brookfield resident Ephrem D. Nguyen, age 50, pleaded guilty to a fraud offense related to his scheme on Friday, Oct. 13, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.
According to federal officials, Nguyen, who now lives in Quincy, Massachusetts in Norfolk County, had been employed b…
