Metairie Man Pleads Guilty to Presenting Altered Postal Money Order

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JASON CAREY pled guilty on January 17, 2024, before United States District Judge Lance Africk, to presenting a materially altered postal money order. CAREY faces up to five (5) years imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, a term of supervised release of up to three (3) years, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.

According to court documents, beginning on or about November 4, 2020 and continuing until on or about November 20, 2020, CAREY executed a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $20,000 from Hancock Whitney Bank. CAREY did so by depositing altered United States Postal Money Orders into his minor daughter's bank account at Hancock Whitney Bank and then withdrawing these same funds from the account before the fund transfers cleared.

The case was investigated by United States Postal Inspection Service agents and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Rachal Cassagne of the Narcotics Unit and Paul Hubbell of the General Crimes Unit.