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March 19, 2005Backup postmaster admits embezzling $100,000PETOSKEY - A backup postmaster in Cross Village admitted stealing around $100,000 in money orders to feed a gambling habit. Lisette J. Poupard-Purgiel, 35, worked as backup postmaster since April 2003 and worked full-time from March 2004 through January 2005. Poupard-Purgiel, who has not been charged, admitted she embezzled around $100,000 to support a gambling habit, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in federal court in Grand Rapids Friday. Poupard-Purgiel said at first she took small money orders and paid them back but eventually took thousands of dollars weekly, according to the affidavit. The search warrant is for a bank account in Petoskey that Poupard-Purgiel told investigators she used to deposit the money orders before going to a casino because the casino charges a fee to cash postal money orders. "It started when my gambling got out of hand," Poupard-Purgiel said in a written statement included with the affidavit. "I never intended for any of this to happen and I am deeply sorry."
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