SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A man who pled guilty earlier this year to bank fraud and possession of stolen mail, was sentenced to a year in prison followed by two years of supervised release on Thursday. 

According to documents in the case, 35--year-old Joseph Traver, of Mishawaka, between September 2023 and January 2024, stole mail out of official collection boxes that were located outside the United States Post Office in Osceola.

Authorities say he intercepted checks that had been mailed at that location from at least three identified victims and interrupted postal delivery of the mail. He also altered one check from the stolen mail and fraudulently deposited the check at a financial institution.