New York Woman, a Former USPS Employee, Sentenced for Making False Statements to Receive Workers’ Compensation

New York Woman, a Former USPS Employee, Sentenced for Making False Statements to Receive Workers’ Compensation

ALBANY, NEW YORK – 8/14/23 – Eunice Ting, age 69, of Watervliet, New York, was sentenced on Friday to 1 year of probation, to pay a $10,000 fine, and to pay full restitution for making a false statement to obtain benefits from the United States Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. United States […]

Great Falls woman admits possessing stolen mail, wire fraud crimes

Great Falls woman admits possessing stolen mail, wire fraud crimes

GREAT FALLS — 8/17/23 – A Great Falls woman who transported mail admitted today to possessing stolen mail and wire fraud charges after depositing checks she had overwritten with her name, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Jacqueline Rose Hydock, 33, pleaded guilty to possession of stolen mail and wire fraud. Hydock faces a maximum of […]

South Carolina USPS Employee Sentenced to More than 3 Years in Federal Prison in Multi-Million-Dollar Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Ring

South Carolina USPS Employee Sentenced to More than 3 Years in Federal Prison in Multi-Million-Dollar Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Ring

FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA — 8/17/23 – Tiffany McFadden, 40, of Brooklyn, New York, and Port St. Lucie, Florida, was sentenced to more than 3 years in federal prison for leading a multi-million-dollar PPP fraud scheme out of South Carolina while working as a U.S. Postal Service employee. McFadden was charged in the District of South […]

Iowa man convicted in postage fraud is banned from exporting

Iowa man convicted in postage fraud is banned from exporting

8/17/23 -A Marion, Iowa man, convicted in 2021 for forging and counterfeiting over $250,000 in postage meter stamps and violating export laws while operating his home eBay business, will not be allowed to export products for seven years. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, which administers and enforces federal export regulations, made […]

Grand jury indicts 2 more Central Ohio men for 4 new armed robberies of Postal carriers

Grand jury indicts 2 more Central Ohio men for 4 new armed robberies of Postal carriers

COLUMBUS, Ohio – 8/11/223 – A grand jury has indicted two more Central Ohio men for crimes related to four new, separate armed robberies against U.S. Postal carriers. Cameron D. Newton, 19, of Westerville, and Thierno S. Bah, 20, of Columbus, were each charged in a superseding indictment returned on Aug. 10. Their case is […]

Former Wisconsin Letter Carrier Convicted of Mail Theft & Sentenced to Four Years of Probation

Former Wisconsin Letter Carrier Convicted of Mail Theft & Sentenced to Four Years of Probation

MADISON, WIS. – 8/10/23 – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joshua P. Copas, 38, Cumberland, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today to one count of theft of mail while a U.S. Postal Service employee and was sentenced to four years of probation by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. […]

Mississippi NALC Financial Secretary Sentenced and Ordered to Pay $32,936 Restitution

Mississippi NALC Financial Secretary Sentenced and Ordered to Pay $32,936 Restitution

On July 17, 2023, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Benton Ryals, Jr., former Financial Secretary of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1437 (located in Laurel, Miss.), was sentenced to six months of home confinement and three years of probation. He also was ordered to pay $32,936 […]

Texas Man Sentenced for Stealing Checks and Identity Theft in Troy, Alabama

Texas Man Sentenced for Stealing Checks and Identity Theft in Troy, Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama – 8/9/23 – On August 8, 2023, a federal judge sentenced John Eugene Dibello, 41, from Pasadena, Texas, to 43 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and bank fraud and the separate offense of aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. In addition, the judge also ordered that […]

1 10 11 12 13 14 125