Woman who defrauded victims of over $300,000 going to prison

It was a mail theft scam that left victims with more than $300,000 in losses.

Now one woman responsible is headed to federal prison for just under three years.

U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said Lateasha Linthicum, 36, of Wichita, used personal information enclosed in stolen mail to make fake checks and credit cards, which she then used.

Linthicum wasn't sure when she started accepting the mail -- knowing it had been taken by others from homes, mailboxes and U.S. Postal Service collection boxes -- to create the counterfeit financial documents, according to her plea agreement.

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