Prosecutors on Tuesday said an audit led to 13 false hotel receipts during a six-month period following Hurricane Katrina, which hit in August 2005. Sanders was a postal union regional coordinator and was assigned to assist with hurricane-related issues in New Orleans.
Investigators determined some hotels, on the dated receipts submitted by Sanders, had storm damage and were closed.
No date was set for Sanders, who's free on bond, to report to prison.
