CHICAGO — 10/26/22 – A former high-ranking official in a labor union was sentenced today to more than a year and a half in federal prison for accepting $325,000 in unlawful cash payments from a Chicago business and failing to report the payments on his tax returns. JOHN T. COLI SR., 63, of Putnam, Ill., […]
10/26/22 – A man who robbed a United States Postal Service (USPS) employee at gunpoint was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. Abdirashid Omar, 22, was charged via criminal complaint in May 2022. He pleaded guilty the following month […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 10/25/22 – Kimberly Acevedo, 52, of West Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between March 2019 and March 2021, Acevedo and co-defendant Philip Rich, 50, of West Sacramento, perpetrated a mail […]
Tampa, Florida – 10/24/22 – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Kevin Mark Streeter, Jr. (38, Tampa) to four years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy, receipt of stolen government property, and aggravated identity theft. Streeter had pleaded guilty on June 14, 2022. According to court documents, Streeter was employed by […]
ST. LOUIS – 10/18/22 – Three men accused of federal crimes connected to the theft of mail or attempted theft of mail appeared in court Tuesday to face charges and a fourth has also been indicted. Tahj K. Boyd, 19, of St. Louis County, and James R. Townsend, 18, of Ferguson, were indicted September 21 […]
CHICAGO — 10/7/22 – Five individuals in the Chicago area have been charged with unlawfully possessing U.S. Postal Service keys or stealing from the mail. The indictments were brought as part of “Operation Broken Arrow,” an ongoing federal investigation into the thefts of postal keys and mail. Indictments recently unsealed in U.S. District Court in […]
10/11/22 – Joshua P. Copas, 37, Cumberland, Wisconsin, is charged with theft of mail. The indictment alleges that while an employee of the U.S. Postal Service, he stole items of mail which had come into his possession for the purpose of being conveyed by the Postal Service. Specifically, the indictment alleges that between April 7 […]
10/11/22 – Megan A. Torrez, 45, Alma, Wisconsin, is charged with 2 counts of misappropriating postal funds. The indictment alleges that on November 30 and December 27, 2021, while an employee of the U.S. Postal Service, Torrez converted to her own use more than $1,000 in U.S. Postal money orders. If convicted, Torrez faces a […]
Oct. 6, 2022 – Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced that Mount Vernon resident Alberto Pino, 31, was indicted for stealing more than $78,000 in checks from the mail he was responsible for delivering while working as a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service. The defendant was indicted by a Westchester County Grand […]
Suspects allegedly stole money from hundreds of victims across California PASADENA – 10/7/22 – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the arrests of 56 individuals involved in a scheme resulting in the theft of nearly $5 million from hundreds of people in a widespread mail theft and postal fraud operation. The suspects — who […]