USPS Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results

USPS Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results

Adjusted loss of $1.7 billion for the quarter compared to an adjusted loss of $1.9 billion a year earlier (excludes non-cash workers’ compensation adjustments) Results reflect a pandemic surge in demand for package deliveries, increased operating costs and a continued decline in revenue from mail services Quarter featured the release of the 10-year ‘Delivering for […]

Federal Indictment Returned in Bishopville Post Office and City Hall Arson

Federal Indictment Returned in Bishopville Post Office and City Hall Arson

Jeffrey Albert Scott federally detained after being charged for setting Bishopville fires that destroyed the Post Office and damaged City Hall Columbia, South Carolina — 5/5/21 – Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia returned a multiple-count indictment in connection with the destruction of Bishopville’s Post […]

Four Sentenced in Mail Theft Scheme Involving Stolen Checks, Driver’s Licenses

Four Sentenced in Mail Theft Scheme Involving Stolen Checks, Driver’s Licenses

LYNCHBURG, Va. – 5/6/21 – A case involving four people, who between June 2018 and January 2019, conspired to cash checks stolen from residential mailboxes, concluded today in the U.S. District Court. According to court documents, Justin Rosser and Kristen Knowles stole mail from residential mailboxes, altered any personal or business checks they found, and […]

Federal investigation underway into dumping of undelivered mail in Ferguson, MO

Federal investigation underway into dumping of undelivered mail in Ferguson, MO

FERGUSON, Mo. – Jonathan Tremaine Thomas was stunned when he lifted the lid to the dumpster behind his business on North Florissant Road in Ferguson on Monday night. He saw a pile of undelivered mail. Some of the communications involved the IRS and Social Security Administration. “It was a real shock,” he said. Thomas is the owner of Soul Coffee […]

Former Pennsylvania Vice President of NALC Branch 274 Indicted on 10 Counts of Honest Services Wire Fraud and 10 Counts of Wire Fraud

Former Pennsylvania Vice President of NALC Branch 274 Indicted on 10 Counts of Honest Services Wire Fraud and 10 Counts of Wire Fraud

DOL – On April 13, 2021, in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Joseph Whitbeck, former Vice President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 274 (located in Allentown, Pa.), was indicted on 10 counts of honest services wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and 1346, and […]

Congressman Matt Gaetz Leads 9 Lawmakers in Push to Abolish USPIS’s “Internet Covert Operations Program”

Congressman Matt Gaetz Leads 9 Lawmakers in Push to Abolish USPIS’s “Internet Covert Operations Program”

Washington, D.C. — 4/30/21 – U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) led a group of nine Republican lawmakers today in the introduction of the ‘‘USPIS Surveillance Protection Act.” If passed, the legislation would defund the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP), an illegal domestic surveillance program. Last week, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member […]

PRC Releases Analysis of Postal Service Finances in FY 2020

PRC Releases Analysis of Postal Service Finances in FY 2020

Washington, DC – 4/26/21 – The Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) today released its Financial Analysis, an examination of the U.S. Postal Service’s (Postal Service) financial results and 10-K Statements for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. Despite an increase in Competitive products revenue, the Commission’s overall analysis supports the conclusion that the Postal Service is on a […]