WASHINGTON — 6/22/26 – Ibrahim De La Cruz, 26, of the District, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in connection with the armed robbery of a U.S. Postal Service maintenance worker from whom he took postal master keys that he used to steal high volumes of mail from luxury apartment buildings across the District, […]
GREENEVILLE, TN – On June 10, 2026, George Herman Ruth, 70, of Morristown, was sentenced to 132 months’ imprisonment by the Honorable Clifton Corker, United States District Judge, in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. Today’s sentence followed Ruth’s prior entry of a guilty plea to twenty-five separate counts of mail fraud in connection […]
Chicago, IL – 6/10/26 – Ahmad Salamah, 32, of Harwood Heights, IL, was arraigned June 4, 2026, on three felony counts of burglary. Salamah was arrested after being identified as the suspect responsible for multiple burglary and mail theft incidents in the Chicagoland area beginning in May 2023. Based on the investigation conducted by the […]
WASHINGTON, DC — From PEN – The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today announced a new series of initiatives to combat fraud, waste, and abuse across the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program. OPM is undertaking this effort as part of its ongoing work with the White House […]
[Article edited by PEN] – OPM manages two health insurance programs on behalf of federal employees and retirees – the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB) and the Postal Services Health Insurance Program (PSHB). These programs are administered by traditional third-party insurance carriers – e.g., Aetna, Blue Cross, etc. – who collect annual premiums from […]
TRENTON – 6/18/26 – Legislation sponsored by Senate President Nick Scutari and Senator James Beach that would help ensure mail-in ballots are counted by educating voters about postal service postmark procedures and ballot return options was approved today by the Senate. The bill, S-3815, would require the Secretary of State to inform voters about federal […]
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – 6/17/26 – A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for unlawful possession of a machinegun, robbery of property, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. According to court documents, on July 11, 2024, a masked individual approached a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier on […]
GREAT FALLS – 6/17/26 – A Bainville woman who used a system of recording fake USPS money orders that she then cashed out to herself was sentenced today to time-served, followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said. She was also ordered to repay USPS the amount of money […]
WASHINGTON, DC — 6/15/26 – As the United States Postal Service (USPS) continues to face a severe financial crisis, Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Subcommittee Chairman Pete Sessions (TX-17), and Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led a bipartisan letter to Postmaster General David Steiner pressing USPS to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) sent a letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General David Steiner expressing his opposition to their decision to terminate the postal contract for the Hunt Silver Lake Postal Station in Rochester. The letter urges USPS to reconsider their decision, conduct a thorough investigation on the impact on the […]