Bronx, NY Letter Carrier found guilty in tax refund fraud scheme

Bronx, New York Letter Carrier helped steal over $2.5 million worth of fraudulent tax refund checks The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following press release: PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT ANTHONY WARREN was found guilty following a […]

Five More South Carolina Postal Employees Charged With Filing False Claims for Unemployment

Columbia, SC—–United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced the indictment of five additional United States Postal Service employees. Mr. Nettles added that these indictments follow five indictments from the Florence area and are part of an ongoing sweep targeting fraud by Postal workers in claiming unemployment benefits. Lisa Hawkins, age 46, of Eutawville, South Carolina, was […]

Minnesota Postal carrier indicted for stealing cash and gift cards from mail

The following is a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Minnesota: A federal indictment, unsealed earlier today in St. Paul, charges a postal carrier with stealing approximately $4,000 in cash and gift cards from the mail she delivered. The indictment, which was filed on March 16, 2011, charges Michelle Lynn Bressette, age […]

Memphis man sentenced to prison for fraudulent Use of USPS gas cards

The following is a press release from the office of US Attorney, Tennessee, Western District (March 25, 2011) Memphis, TN – Michael Bell, 34, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Bernice Donald to three (3) years incarceration for his involvement in the theft and illegal use of United States Postal Service-issued Voyager gas […]

Postal Contract Driver Admits To Stealing $335, 972 From USPS Through Its Fuel Credit Cards

The following is a press release from the United States Attorney, District of New Jersey CAMDEN, N.J. – A truck driver formerly employed by a trucking company in Ocean, N.J., admitted today to stealing over $300,000 from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) through unauthorized use of fuel cards given to the company in connection with […]

Former Maryland Letter Carrier Convicted Of Destroying Mail

The following is a press release from U.S. Attorney’s Office, Maryland Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal jury convicted Warren Christopher Bradford, age 41, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, late yesterday of destroying mail he was entrusted to deliver as a Postal Service letter carrier. The conviction was announced by United States Attorney for the District of […]

Oklahoma Postal Worker Sentenced to Probation For Mail Theft

FOR RELEASE: January 06, 2011 MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that WILLIAM ARTHUR WALKER, age 57 of Eufaula, Oklahoma was sentenced to 24 months of probation for Theft of Mail in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.  WALKER was also ordered […]

Alabama Postal Employee Indicted For Stealing Mail

Press Release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District Of Alabama December 29, 2010 BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury today indicted a Madison man for stealing mail while he worked for the U.S. Postal Service, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Postal Inspection Service Inspector/Domicile Coordinator Frank Dyer. The one-count indictment filed […]

Minnesota Postal Employee indicted for stealing cash, gift cards from mail

A recent federal indictment alleges that a former employee of the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) stole cash and gift cards from the mail over a ten-month period. The indictment, filed on December 7, 2010, charges Christina M. Steiner, age 35, of Forest Lake, with one count of theft of mail by a postal employee. […]

Four Louisiana Postal Employees Indicted On Charges Of Opening Mail

Press Release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Louisiana BATON ROUGE, LA – United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Louisiana returned indictments against four individuals who were employees of the United States Postal Service (USPS). GLENN T. AUGILLARD, age 50, […]