3 postal workers accused of rigging Operation Santa program

Source: Yahoo! News / AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Three postal workers played the Grinch and stole laptop computers, a toy train, boots and other gifts destined for underprivileged children by rigging the Operation Santa program where they worked, authorities said.

In a part of Manhattan where the movie "Miracle on 34th Street" was inspired, the postal workers helped themselves to headphones, clothing and other goods, authorities said in court papers unsealed Wednesday as all three were arrested.

Cashing in on the generosity of Secret Santas, the trio pulled off a lucrative plot during the 2013 holiday season as they worked in the Operation Santa headquarters in the huge James A. Farley Post Office, across from Madison Square Garden, court papers said.

Terry Jackson, a postal worker until January 2014, was identified as the ringleader by a prosecutor during a brief appearance before a magistrate judge in federal court.

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