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By Evelyn Puffer
Contributing writer
Lorri Frances Gambino, 49, of Dalbo, resigned her position as Dalbo postmaster
in February 2007 after an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service revealed missing post office funds and supplies.
On July 18, Gambino appeared in 10th District Court in Cambridge in response to a summons alleging felony theft-indifferent to owner rights detailing the issuance of $13,722 in USPS money orders to herself and family members without full payment and a $6,354 total stamp shortage from the Dalbo Post Office.
Gambino worked as Officer in Charge of the Dalbo Post Office from 1995 until December 2001 when she was appointed postmaster. As postmaster she was accountable for all the financial transactions in the office including overseeing the sale of USPS products such as money orders and stamp stock.
Acting on a tip received in December 2006, the USPS office of Inspector General began an investigation that included a full audit of the Dalbo branch for the years 1999 to 2007.
According to the criminal complaint, Gambino is alleged to have issued herself thousands of dollars in unauthorized salary advances, all but $6,647 of which she had repaid. A comparison of stamp sales reported for 2004 through 2006 with stamp stock received by the Dalbo branch to replenish stock also revealed a total stock shortage of $6,354.
At the time of her resignation in February, Gambino agreed to repay $6,647.99 but still faces the criminal charges.
Following her first appearance in court July 18 she was ordered booked at the jail and then released on her own recognizance.
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