Rounds requested OIG investigation in December 2025 WASHINGTON – 9/24/26 – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued a statement following the release of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) report on the status of mail service in South Dakota. This investigation was requested by Rounds in December 2025. […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – 9/24/26 – A federal grand jury has indicted a U.S. Postal employee for destroying U.S. mail, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. A one-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges Sekondi Watts, 43, Center Point, Alabama, with destruction of mail by a U.S. Postal employee. According to the indictment, in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 9/22/26 – Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) today introduced the Mail Integrity and Inspector General Act, legislation that would strengthen the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General’s capacity to investigate postal employee misconduct, mail theft, check fraud, and related financial crimes. “Virginians deserve to trust our mail system. Families should be able […]
OIG: Evaluating Mail Recovery Center Package Growth Background 9/2226 – U.S. Postal Service customers submit complaints about missing packages more than any other issue, with 5 million missing package complaints submitted in fiscal year 2025. When packages go missing, customers turn to the Mail Recovery Center (MRC), which is the Postal Service’s lost and found. […]
ST. LOUIS – 9/23/26 – A St. Louis man on Wednesday admitted trying to buy a truck full of mail from a postal carrier. Ty-Hunter Collins, 28, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a public official. He admitted approaching a postal carrier in the JCPenney store at the West County […]
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – 9/23/26 – A U.S. Postal employee pleaded guilty to stealing mail addressed to postal customers. According to court documents, David Alan Boutte, 60, of Olathe pleaded guilty to one count of theft or receipt of stolen mail. Boutte is an employee of the Blue Valley Post Office in Overland Park. In […]
9/23/26 – Our Office of Investigations routinely monitors Postal Service contracts for possible fraud using proprietary data analytics tools. After our special agents flagged a North Carolina’s suspicious invoicing, they subpoenaed the owner. During an interview, the owner’s story unraveled, revealing deliberate fraud: Our special agents presented evidence showing he submitted fake invoices with inflated […]
9/22/26 – The Postal Service has a longstanding commitment to protecting the security and sanctity of the U.S. Mail, working closely with our law enforcement arm, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). Safeguarding the mail and maintaining the public’s trust are fundamental to our core mission. Illegal mail handling behavior by employees will not […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – 9/22/26 – An indictment was unsealed today charging a former postman with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) with unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail after he allegedly unlawfully threw away mail that he was entrusted to deliver – including approximately 300 mail-in ballots to registered voters in Utah. Damon […]