A Brooklyn postal worker is facing federal charges after he sat on over 17,000 pieces of mail so he could focus on delivering “important mail” first.

Aleksey Germash’s mail-hoarding came to the light after USPS received a tip that there was a Nissan Pathfinder with over 20 full bags of mail in it.

Federal authorities found years of undelivered letters in the mailman’s car and apartment, AND he even admitted there was some in his work locker too. The mail dated back to 2005!

He reportedly told investigators he was “overwhelmed by the amount of mail he had to deliver, but made sure to deliver the important mail."

Germash was released on $25,000 bail.