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Archive for the Category ‘THEFT and FRAUD’

Former Postmaster Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Former Postmaster Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Former Postmaster Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Cynthia Landore Faces Possible Jail Time
February 8, 2012 – ABINGDON, VIRGINIA — The former Postmaster of the Hiltons, Virginia Post Office pled guilty this morning in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to embezzlement charges.
Cynthia K. Landore, 56, of Bristol, Tenn., was indicted [...]

Former Postal Inspector Convicted in Federal Court of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice

Former Postal Inspector Convicted in Federal Court of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice

Former Federal Agent Convicted of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice
Jan. 27, 2012 – BOSTON – A former federal postal inspector was convicted yesterday in federal court of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Joseph M. McGonagle, III, 38, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to perjury and obstruction of justice. Had the case proceeded [...]

Former Postal Employee Sentenced for Mail Theft

Former Postal Employee Sentenced for Mail Theft

BOSTON – A Boston man and former postal employee was sentenced in federal court for stealing mail from his postal route.
Andrae Wilson, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William Young to four months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release. Wilson was also ordered to repay over $9,000 he spent [...]

Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

On January 4, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Pamela S. Hinzman, former Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 1580 (located in Parkersburg, W.Va.), was charged in a one-count indictment for embezzling $26,260.68 in union funds. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District [...]

Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

On November 17, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Tommy Harris, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1230 (located in Griffin, Ga.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement totaling $24,646.82, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The guilty plea follows an investigation by [...]

Female Postal Employee Found Guilty Of Misappropriating $2,600 In Postal Service Funds

Female Postal Employee Found Guilty Of Misappropriating $2,600 In Postal Service Funds

PITTSBURGH, Pa – After a non-jury trial tried before Senior United States District Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Terri Oddo was found guilty of one count of misappropriation of postal funds, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
Oddo, 43, of East Brady, Pennsylvania, was tried in Pittsburgh.
According to Assistant United States Attorney Paul E. Hull, [...]

Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

On October 13, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Max Messamore, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 2039 (located in Somerset, Ky.), was sentenced to two years probation, fined $500, and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $2,293.77. He was also [...]

Former Caldwell, ID Carrier Pleads Guilty to Theft

Former Caldwell, ID Carrier Pleads Guilty to Theft

BOISE – Guy K. Dunne, 45, of Caldwell, Idaho, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Boise to count one of an information charging him with theft of mail matter by an officer or employee, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
According to the plea agreement, Dunne was employed as a city carrier by [...]

Postal Supervisor Charged With Workmen’s Comp Fraud and Lying to Postal Personnel

Postal Supervisor Charged With Workmen’s Comp Fraud and Lying to Postal Personnel

Jeanette Postal Employee Charged With Workmen’s Comp Fraud, Lying to Postal Personnel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 27 , 2011
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Greensburg, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of workmen’s compensation fraud and false statements, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced.
The two-count indictment named Jeffrey Allen [...]

Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

NALC: On September 6, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, William Wyda, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 253 (located in Hazelton, Pa.), pled guilty to an information charging him with one count of embezzlement in the amount of $14,081.51. Wyda was then sentenced [...]

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