Georgia postal employee, collecting workers’ compensation benefits, sentenced to federal prison for defrauding pandemic relief program

Georgia postal employee, collecting workers’ compensation benefits, sentenced to federal prison for defrauding pandemic relief program

Scheme used fabricated information to obtain funding AUGUSA, GA:  12/10/24 – A Richmond County woman has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for defrauding a COVID-19 small business relief program. Kameka Bausley, 43, of Augusta, was sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to Wire Fraud, said Jill E. […]

USPS: A Special Organization Seeks Special Skills From Under the Hood… Right to the Mailbox

USPS: A Special Organization Seeks Special Skills From Under the Hood… Right to the Mailbox

USPS Press Release – SHREVEPORT, LA — 12/9/24 – The Postal Service is an organization that’s always on the move. And we are looking for highly skilled individuals to help us keep moving the mail quickly and efficiently. If you’re seeking employment with competitive compensation packages and advancement opportunities, the Postal Service fits the bill. […]

Alabama USPS Employee Sold Arrow Key for $2500.00 – Was recruited by Sean Donnell White for Theft of Mail

Alabama USPS Employee Sold Arrow Key for $2500.00 – Was recruited by Sean Donnell White for Theft of Mail

MOBILE, AL – 12/9/24 – A Theodore man was sentenced to 32 months in prison for a bank fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, and a wire fraud scheme. According to court documents, Sean Donnell White, 30, engaged in various fraud schemes between 2020 and 2022. One of White’s fraud schemes involved stealing mail to obtain […]

USPS Office of Inspector General Releases Video Spotlighting Agency’s Work During the 2024 General Election

USPS Office of Inspector General Releases Video Spotlighting Agency’s Work During the 2024 General Election

ARLINGTON, VA – 12/9/24 – Today, Tammy Hull, United States Postal Service Inspector General, announced the release of a video highlighting the Election Mail oversight work her agency performed during the 2024 general election. The USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) visited postal facilities in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., providing oversight to “ensure […]

Sen. Blumenthal Questions PMG DeJoy on the Future of Unused or Underutilized Postal Service Sites in Connecticut

Sen. Blumenthal Questions PMG DeJoy on the Future of Unused or Underutilized Postal Service Sites in Connecticut

DeJoy commits to visiting Ridgefield USPS site amid concerns about unused parking lot affecting local small businesses [HARTFORD, CT] – 12/6/24 – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy yesterday on unused or underutilized United […]

Senator Hassan Presses Postmaster General DeJoy about Plan to Move Mail Processing Out of New Hampshire

Senator Hassan Presses Postmaster General DeJoy about Plan to Move Mail Processing Out of New Hampshire

WASHINGTON – 12/5/24 – Today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan pressed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about the United States Postal Service (USPS)’s proposed plan to move postal operations from Manchester, New Hampshire to Boston and from White River Junction, Vermont to Hartford, Connecticut. Senator Hassan has repeatedly raised concerns about these plans, and previously worked with her […]

Video: Piles of mail dumped on Memphis street

Video: Piles of mail dumped on Memphis street

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (KMID/KPEJ) – 12/7/24 – Thousands of pieces of mail were dumped along Crump Boulevard, causing an obstacle for drivers on Wednesday. The United States Postal Service said it was caused by a contractor that “inadvertently dropped some of its load”. But some say this isn’t the first time they’ve seen mail scattered along […]

Former Pennsylvania APWU Secretary-Treasurer charged with one count of embezzling union funds and three counts of filing false LM reports

Former Pennsylvania APWU Secretary-Treasurer charged with one count of embezzling union funds and three counts of filing false LM reports

On November 12, 2024, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Nicole DeStefano, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 776 (located in Altoona, Pa.), was charged with one count of embezzling union funds and three counts of filing false LM reports, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) […]

‘You’ve Exhausted my Patience’: Hawley Presses USPS for Answers Behind New Postal Plan & Harms to Rural America

‘You’ve Exhausted my Patience’: Hawley Presses USPS for Answers Behind New Postal Plan & Harms to Rural America

Thursday, December 05, 2024 U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today pressed Louis DeJoy, United States Postal Service (USPS) CEO and Postmaster General, on his agency’s Regional Transportation Optimization plan—a new delivery strategy that would disproportionately affect rural post offices, including 754 of Missouri’s 926 post offices. “I’m going to work with everybody I can across this dais […]

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