Former Acting Postmaster Sentenced For Money Order Kiting Scheme

Press Release from the U.S> Attorney for the District of Connecticut: August 11, 2010 David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN RYAN, 54, of Avon, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to two years of probation for misappropriating postal […]

Thirteen Charges Dismissed Against Ohio Postal Worker For OWCP Fraud

Last year, PostalReporter reported that Three Ohio Postal Workers Charged With OWCP Fraud. Since the release of this news item at least one Postal Worker has been exonerated of all charges. The news release from the U.S. Attorney, Northern Ohio District last year stated: A thirteen-count indictment was returned against Marlise Y. Taylor, age 43, […]

Postal Clerk Gets Prison For Embezzling $240,000

DES MOINES, Iowa — A postal clerk from Indianola has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling more than $240,000. The U.S. attorney says 47-year-old Kimberly Sue Nordhagen was sentenced Friday after admitting to converting Postal Service money orders and cash transactions to her own use. Nordhagen, who worked at […]

Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting, Robbing Letter Carrier

Man assaulted and robbed letter carrier of $26 while delivering mail The U.S. Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s office for Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following press release: July 16, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHRISTOPHER ISAAC, age 20, of Marrero, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court yesterday before U. S. District Judge Helen G. […]

Former Indiana Postal Clerk Indicted For Theft of Nearly $14,000

INDIANAPOLIS – Tamara R. Barnett, 39, Indianapolis, was charged late yesterday with misappropriation of postal funds, following an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General. The indictment alleges that Barnett stole postal funds by manipulating the retail sales system in a manner that resulted in cash overages that she subsequently […]

Indiana Postal Clerk Gets Probation For Misappropriation Of Funds

The following is a press release from the office of United States Attorney Timothy M. Morrison, Southern District of Indiana INDIANAPOLIS – Casey D. Armstrong, 35, Lawrenceville, Ill., was sentenced to three years of probation today by U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence following her guilty plea to misappropriation of Postal funds. This case was […]

California Postal Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Theft

Press Release from The U.S. Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s office for Eastern District of California: June 25, 2010 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that June Marie Casteel, 46, of Yuba City, pleaded guilty today before United States District Court Judge Edward G. Garcia to felony theft of U.S. Postal […]

Former Postal Employee Sentenced to Statutory Maximum Sentence of Five Years in Federal Prison for Role in Mail Theft Conspiracy

June 24 The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas issued the following news release: Defendant Worked as a Mail Handler at Dallas Main Post Office DALLAS- A former employee of the U.S. Postal Service, James Olabode Laniyan, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 60 months in federal prison, […]

Owners of Three Mailing Companies Indicted In Postage Meter Scam Resulting In More Than $14 Million Lost To USPS

(HOUSTON) – The owners of three third-party mailing and presort companies and several of their employees have been charged by indictment with conspiracy to commit mail fraud by possessing and using counterfeit postage meter machines to affix counterfeit postage in large mailings resulting in lost revenue of more than $14 million to the U.S. Postal […]

Postmaster Charged With Obstructing The Passage Of Mail

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Frank J. Strzelec, former Officer in Charge of the Center Rutland, Vermont Post Office, was arraigned today on the misdemeanor charge of knowingly and willfully obstructing and retarding the passage of mail of a Post Officer customer. Strzelec was released pending […]