Woman Impersonates Her Deceased Mother In order To Steal Her Postal Retirement Annuity

Woman Impersonates Her Deceased Mother In order To Steal Her Postal Retirement Annuity

Norwalk Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Federal Annuity Benefits 3/5/19 – John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SYBIL F. BUTLER, 56, of Norwalk, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of theft of government funds. According to court […]

Postal Service Says Employees Must Honor Public’s Trust

Postal Service Says Employees Must Honor Public’s Trust

Under federal ethics rules, USPS employees aren’t permitted to misuse their titles, time or postal property. USPS News Link – 3/6/19 – The Postal Service is reminding employees that they aren’t permitted to misuse their position. This means employees cannot: Misuse their title or authority to further any private interest of their own Misuse government […]

Former Peekskill, NY Postal Employee Sentenced for Stealing Thousands of Dollars Worth of Stamps

Former Peekskill, NY Postal Employee Sentenced for Stealing Thousands of Dollars Worth of Stamps

Defendant: Antonio Pinheiro (DOB: 06/11/74) March 5, 2019 — Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Antonio Pinheiro, of Westtown, NY, in Orange County, pleaded guilty Monday (3/4) to stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of stamps from the U.S. Post Office in Peekskill where he was an employee. Pinheiro appeared in Peekskill City Court where […]

California letter carrier charged with aggravated trespass – his wife, an attorney, says “he is guilty only of delivering while black”

California letter carrier charged with aggravated trespass – his wife, an attorney, says “he is guilty only of delivering while black”

A Berkeley mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service has been charged with entering a South Berkeley man’s home without permission in January, according to court papers obtained by Berkeleyside. The mail carrier, LaMonte Earnest, and his wife Kate Hallinan, who is a defense attorney, have said Earnest was “just doing his job” and is guilty only of […]

Dog owner says pet is routinely sprayed by mailman

Dog owner says pet is routinely sprayed by mailman

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – An Otay Mesa father and dog owner says he did a double-take after he says surveillance video revealed who was hurting his dog. Wherever Pupa the poodle mix goes, little Alfonso Jr.,3, and Regina,1, usually follow. Their father Alfonso Galindo calls the 7-year-old rescue a beloved member of the family, which […]

Fraud Alert: DHS Telephone Numbers Used in Scam to Obtain Personally Identifiable Information and Extort Money from Victims

Fraud Alert: DHS Telephone Numbers Used in Scam to Obtain Personally Identifiable Information and Extort Money from Victims

3/1/19 – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this fraud alert to warn citizens of reports that DHS telephone numbers have been used recently as part of a telephone spoofing scam targeting individuals throughout the country. Spoofing is the deliberate falsifying of information transmitted to a caller […]