(Marion, IA) — An eastern Iowa man has been sentenced to three years in prison for postage fraud.
Forty-three-year-old Bradley Jon Matheny was found guilty in March of postage meter forgery and counterfeiting connected to an eBay business he ran out of his home in Marion. Prosecutors say by altering numbers Matheny shipped his goods via the U-S Postal Service and was able to pay First Class rates, while getting the quicker and more expensive Priority Mail shipping.
It’s estimated he got around 380-thousand dollars in postage benefits and he has been ordered to pay more than a quarter of a million dollars in restitution.
