A Post Office worker has been jailed for stealing cash from six of his elderly customers. When the men and women in their 80s and 90s asked for money to be withdrawn from their accounts, sneaky Mohammed Ahmed took out extra and pocketed as much as £150 for himself. Avon …
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Read More »Washington Post journalists honored for work on shooting, food stamps, hunger … – Washington Post
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