Source: Pennlive.com
READING, Pa. (AP) — A passport clerk was accused of using the names and Social Security numbers of customers at the post office where she worked to unlawfully obtain 18 credit cards, police said. The names on the cards obtained by Kim McKnight Jimenez, 48, matched those of people whose passport applications she handled from January to March, authorities said.

Jimenez, a 27-year postal employee, did not actually use any of the cards, because they were seized when they showed up at her post office box at the Gus Yatron General Mail Facility, investigators said. She surrendered to authorities Wednesday and was charged with 18 counts of identity theft. Investigators said there could be other victims who have not yet discovered their names were used to open accounts.

“I want to stress to people who over the last six to eight months applied for a passport at this facility to check their credit history and make sure nothing is suspicious,” Muhlenberg Township Detective Sgt. Erik P. Grunzig said.

A telephone listing for Jimenez could not immediately be located by The Associated Press. The investigation started when a mail clerk alerted a supervisor that credit cards in other people’s names were being mailed to three post office boxes and Jimenez’s home address. The supervisor seized the credit card envelopes and turned them over to authorities.