PROVIDENCE – A Florida man pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to bank fraud, ID theft, and mail theft charges, admitting that he executed a scheme to order then steal debit cards and PINs from mailboxes in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, then used them at ATMs in both states to withdraw funds […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Matthew Core, 38, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty Monday to bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of reproduced U.S. Postal Service keys, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court documents, between February and August 2018, Core participated in a scheme to defraud banks in which he and others used counterfeit […]
Summary CBO 1/31/20: Under current law, the Postal Service (USPS) is required to fully prefund retiree health benefits for its employees by making payments into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund in the Treasury. In 2019, the required payment was about $4.6 billion. USPS has not made any of those payments since 2010 and […]
Postal Inspection Service Miami Division employees examine mail and packages at Hard Rock Stadium this week. USPS News Link – While football fans are getting ready for Super Bowl LIV in Miami this weekend, the Postal Inspection Service is working to secure the mail arriving at Hard Rock Stadium before the big game. “We do […]
LOS ANGELES – DOJ – Authorities this morning arrested 16 defendants linked to an Inland Empire-based drug trafficking ring that used the U.S. Postal Service and private vehicles to ship large quantities of cocaine and other narcotics to buyers across the country. A 17-count indictment charges a total of 24 defendants with conspiracy to distribute […]
PITTSBURGH, PA – DOJ 1/30/20 – A former resident of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $37,590 in restitution to the United States Postal Service, on his conviction of conspiracy, theft of government property and uttering and […]
NEWARK, N.J. – DOJ 1/30/20 – A Union County man was arrested today for bribing a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee to steal check books, credit cards, and electronics from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jabre Beauvoir, 21, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of bribery and one […]
HOUSTON – A 33-year-old resident of Houston has been charged with five counts of theft of public money and five counts of issuing postal money orders without receiving payment, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Tranese Nicole Mitchell is set to appear before U.S. District Judge Dena H. Palermo this afternoon. A federal grand jury […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A U.S. Postal Service inspector says the post office battles narcotic trafficking daily. Postal Service Inspector Paul Shade intercepted six pounds of methamphetamine from making its way to a home in Hutchinson last week. Shade says the post office uses a multitude of resources to identify suspicious parcels coming through the […]
DOJ – 1/28/20 – Kimberly A. Kirchner, 37, Atlanta, Kan., is charged with embezzling funds from the U.S. Postal Service while she was an employee. The crime is alleged to have occurred during a period from Sept. 23, 2019, to Jan. 3, 2020, in Cowley County, Kan. If convicted, she could face up to 10 […]