WASHINGTON, D.C. – 1/30/26 – Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-01), and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) Co-Chairs of the Congressional Postal Service Caucus, led eight Members of Congress in a letter to Postmaster General David P. Steiner, demanding that he reverse a new policy in which a postmark will no longer reflect the date […]
ST. LOUIS – 1/30/26 – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Friday sentenced a former mail carrier who aided a check stealing and bank fraud conspiracy to a year and a day in prison and ordered her to repay $21,635. Cambria M. Hopkins, a postal carrier based in Clayton, sold her “arrow key,” which […]
On January 6, 2026, in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, Max Jaramillo, former Treasurer of Mail Handlers Local 331 (located in Albuquerque, N. Mex.), was charged with two counts of wire fraud for submitting false Form LM-3 Labor Organization Annual Reports and three counts of embezzlement, in violation of […]
DETROIT – 1/28/26 – Four individuals who were charged in an Information last year for their involvement in a $63 million scheme that involved stealing checks from the mail and selling them online have all since pleaded guilty, United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced today. Gorgon was joined in the announcement by U.S. […]
Whistleblower Report Led to Charges, a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, and $3.28 million fine against an International Corporation 1/29/26 – The Antitrust Division today announced its first-ever whistleblower reward: a $1 million reward to a whistleblower who provided information that led to EBLOCK Corporation resolving criminal antitrust and fraud charges through a deferred prosecution agreement, under […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 1/27/26 – Today, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) and U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX-17) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase the transparency of mail-in ballots, boosting confidence in our elections and helping Americans verify that their votes are counted. The Vote By Mail Tracking Act would add an official logo and standardized tracking barcodes to […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – 1/27/26 – A repeat mail thief who fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution appeared in court today on new federal charges, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Erik Magana, 41, of Charlotte, is charged with bank fraud and two counts of receipt and possession of stolen […]
[PEN: sorry, just saw this] 1/24/26 – The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) is deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of rural carriers, tens of thousands of postal employees, and the millions of customers who rely on the Postal Service as Winter Storm Fern moves across large portions of the country. According to […]
WorkersCompensation.com 1/22/26 Federal Focus A computer error caused a FECA benefits recipient to receive more than $18,000 through no fault of his. But his failure to turn in financial information meant that he couldn’t escape paying it back. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the decision. Case K.C. and U.S. Postal Service, No. […]
BILLERICA – 1/23/26 – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and Billerica Chief of Police Roy Frost have announced that two juveniles have been arraigned in Lowell Juvenile Court for allegedly robbing a United States Postal Service mail carrier in Billerica using a bb gun that looked like a […]