A Southern California woman has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after stealing checks and debit cards to fund her luxury lifestyle, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced on Monday. 

Mary Ann Magdamit, a 31-year-old former mail carrier with the United States Postal Service, worked at the Torrance Main Post Office, where she stole checks and sensitive personal information from at least 2022 until July 2025. Afterward, she sold them to co-conspirators and activated the cards to make various purchases, the news release continued. Under the Instagram handle @yourfawkenmom, Magdamit posted photos flaunting $100 bills, luxury goods and her international travels. She also used stolen cards while in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island, and the Turks and Caicos islands, a tropical archipelago just southeast of the Bahamas. 

According to November 2025 court papers, this was a method of advertising and selling the stolen checks and cards. “She deliberately made her posts appear glamorous, featuring high-end island vacations and shopping trips on Rodeo Drive to entice others to join her scheme,” the documents said. 

After searching her apartment in December 2024, authorities found over 100 stolen debit and credit cards, along with several U.S. Department of the Treasury checks. Even more cards were discovered during a second search on July 1, the day of her arrest, the news release said. 

“Individuals, businesses, and governments rely on the Postal Service to deliver over 100 million pieces of first-class mail daily,” prosecutors argued in a sentencing memorandum, per the release. “Especially for the poorest Americans, who are often unbanked, they rely on the mail to deliver their government benefits in the form of Treasury checks or EDD debit cards, precisely what [Magdamit] chose to steal.”

Magdamit has agreed to forfeit a Rolex watch along with other luxury goods, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.