A federal grand jury has indicted a former postal employee for fraudulently obtaining disability benefits through false statements. U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Marjorie Frazman, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Labor, Inspector General’s Office; Joanne Yarbrough, Acting Postal Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; and Inspector Martin J. Dickman […]
Postal carrier observed working at another business on several occasions. U.S Attorney District of New Hampshire Press Release October 25, 2007 Arthur Martel, 55, of Hudson, NH, pleaded guilty to a four count Information before Judge Paul Barbadoro in U.S. District Court in Concord, New Hampshire. The Information charges Martel with two counts of Mail Fraud […]
A Vietnam War-era veteran and Postal Supervisor suffered from service-connected Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) and depression. He was a supervisor at the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) for 16 years until he was assaulted by his supervisor in 1998. Thereafter, he tumbled into a long period of Major Depression and PTSD symptoms. In August and […]
Lanny Jarvis, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, began working for the Postal Service in 1988 after a medical examination determined that he was fit for duty despite several war injuries. Ten years later, he was diagnosed with post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD). In 2002, he transferred to the Spanish Fork postal facility in Utah and started experiencing […]
Effective March 19, 2001, USPS removed David Gutkowski from his position of Supervisor Level 16, Customer Service, at the Wilkes Barre Post Office in Pennsylvania. Following a hearing, a Merit System Protection Board administrative judge mitigated the removal to a 90-day suspension and a demotion to the next-highest non-supervisory position, and awarded back pay and […]
According to district court records former letter carrier and union steward Stephen Millard was arrested May 2, 2006. A few months ago Millard pleaded guilty to: willfully receiving a gratuity in consideration of defendant’s assistance in prosecution of a claim against the United States, or with receiving a share or interest in such a claim […]
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an opinion in CARLSON v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE: Douglas F. Carlson, an attorney and self-professed postal watchdog appealed the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Postal Service (USPS) in Carlson’s action under […]
A postal worker from Tracy was sentenced today to two years in prison for stealing almost half a million dollars worth of money orders, authorities said. Manuel A. Moreno, 46, pleaded guilty in April to one count of theft of a money order. In entering the plea, Moreno admitted issuing himself money orders between October […]
Undeliverable Bulk Business Mail (UBBM)Takes Center Stage in Postal Theft Trial WKRG-TV reports A former Window Clerk and Mail Distribution Clerk at the post office in Milton, Florida faces up to 5 years in prison. A jury convicted Tony Grimsley today of mail theft by a postal employee. Grimsley removed hundreds of valuable coupons from […]
Myrna Gómez-Pérez, a window distribution clerk from Puerto Rico, filed a lawsuit in District Court claiming that the U.S. Postal Service retaliated against her because she filed an equal employment opportunity complaint with her employer alleging discrimination on the basis of age. The District Court ruled in favor of USPS holding that “the United States had not […]