Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

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                                *News Release*          Date: September 23, 2009
 
 

 

 


Former postal workers admit theft of gift cards

 

 

          Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan today announced that two former U.S. Postal Service workers have pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing more than 500 employee incentive gift cards valued at $24,675.

 

          Alyse Mordoh, (DOB 9/2/53) of North Brunswick, and James Rosciano III, (DOB 12/12/60) of Howell, each pleaded guilty to a count of theft, admitting they took 562 gift cards between May 2005, and December 2007, for personal use.

 

Under a plea agreement negotiated with Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Brian D. Gillet, the defendants face a term of 180 days at the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center when they are sentenced. In addition, they each must make restitution for half of the value of the cards.

 

The co-workers were charged following an investigation by Special Agent Samuel J. Simpkins, of the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General, and Investigator Brian Gilmurray, of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

 

Their investigation determined that Mordoh had been obtaining the gift cards, using some of them, sharing some with Rosciano, and passing additional cards to him.

 

Rosciano worked as an emergency management coordinator for the U.S. Postal Service, while Mordoh, who was a confidential secretary to the district manager of the U.S. Postal Service in central New Jersey, was responsible for purchasing, tracking and dispersing the gift cards as part of her job.

 

The cards, ranging in cost from $20 to $100, award postal workers for exemplary service and can be used to purchase items such as clothing, restaurant meals and books.

 

Mordoh and Rosciano retired from their jobs after the Office of the Inspector General began its investigation.

 

Mordoh, who pleaded guilty on Monday, September 21, 2009, is scheduled to be sentenced at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick on November 9, 2009, by Superior Court Judge Frederick DeVesa.

 

Rosciano, who pleaded guilty today, will be sentenced by the judge on January 4, 2010.