Chicago – 10/9/26 – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that a Chicago woman who stole personal checks and deposited them into her bank account while employed by the U.S. Postal Service pleaded guilty to theft. Teneshya Harris, 37, pleaded guilty in Cook County Circuit Court to one count of theft by deception between $500 and […]
Orlando, Florida – 10/9/26 – Khayyam Arif Oglu Farajov (40), an Azerbaijani national, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain payments from the United States Postal Service (USPS). Farajov faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison […]
USPS – 10/9/26 – All Alabama operations at the following locations are suspended until further notice due to catastrophic weather impact. No alternate sites are available. Unless otherwise noted below, other postal facilities in the district will maintain normal operations. Atmore, 36502 Axis, 36505 Bay Minette, 36507 Bayou La Batre, 36509 Bon Secour, 36511 Bucks, […]
U.S. Attorney’s Office seeking public assistance to reach nearly 6,500 victims INDIANAPOLIS- 10/9/26 – A former United States Postal Service letter carrier, Destinee Ruffin, 29, of Indianapolis, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $34 million conspiracy to commit bank fraud by stealing checks from the U.S. Mail. Ruffin is scheduled to be sentenced on October […]
United States Postal Inspection Service Cybercrime Due to increased international tensions, the public is advised to be vigilant about the heightened potential for cyberattacks, which are attempts to gain illegal access to a computer or computer system for the purpose of causing damage or harm. Cybercrimes are crimes committed through the Internet or using computer […]
10/7/26 – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced today that MICHAEL EDWARDS, a/k/a “Only1Giela,” was sentenced today to eight years in prison by U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl for orchestrating an expansive scheme to steal and fraudulently alter millions of dollars in checks before depositing the checks […]
OIG: Oct 6, 2026 Over the past 10 years, the Postal Service’s retirement costs have grown faster than other categories of spending. These expenses are a major contributor to the agency’s annual losses. The paper analyzes the potential financial impact of selected alternative retirement models on the Postal Service’s pension funding. The OIG presents 20-year projections […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. – 10/5/26 – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today Carwin D. Lidge, 27, of Amherst, NY, Jenny B. Alemany, 40, and Richard Law, 29, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit mail theft, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a […]
Convicted felon also pleads guilty to mailing hazardous materials, unlawfully possessing ammunition and explosive materials and possessing child sexual abuse material BOSTON – 10/5/26 – A convicted felon from Hadley, Mass. has pleaded guilty to illegally importing plutonium from Russia and selling the radioactive material – as well as other, highly toxic and hazardous materials […]