BOSTON – DOJ – 10/08/19 – A Haitian man who previously resided in Florida was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent abuse of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Informed Delivery electronic notification system. Peter Belony, 34, a Haitian national who resided in Margate, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to two years […]
KATY, Texas – Thieves have been busy in the Seven Meadows neighborhood. Residents said several packages have been stolen over the past two weeks forcing the U.S. Postal Service to suspend package delivery for a short time. Ada Paz said the recent thefts are troubling. “It’s very bad because we buy something for the kids […]
All relocation expense reimbursement requests that USPS employees submit after Nov. 22 will be processed for payment on Jan. 2. USPS News Link – 10/07/19 – Postal Service employees who submit relocation authorizations from Nov. 22-Dec. 31 will not receive expense disbursements or reimbursements until Jan. 2, 2020. USPS established the Nov. 22 deadline to […]
CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police are searching for a vehicle stolen from a Northwest Side neighborhood that witnesses described as a U.S. Postal Service truck. The suspected auto theft occurred Sunday afternoon in Belmont Heights near the 3400-block of North Overhill Avenue, Chicago police said. Residents, who asked to remain unidentified, said they saw their […]
DENVER (CBS4) – A pattern mail thief was stopped in her tracks last month when she saw a wanted poster with her picture on it. After being repeatedly ripped off by the thief, a Denver landlord tried a new tactic to put a stop to the thefts. A woman appears to be breaking into mailboxes at […]
ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A hacker from Houston used the United States Postal Service as a tool to successfully infiltrate a Round Rock couple’s bank account and steal their personal information. Vicki Tran said she was alerted to suspicious activity when she didn’t receive her mail for several days. When she brought this to […]
St. Louis, MO – DOJ – 10/04/19 – Dywane Upchurch, 39, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to felony charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and assaulting a Postal employee while committing robbery. Upchurch appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry who accepted his plea […]
DOJ – 10/03/19 – United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pukwana, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft of Mail by Postal Service Employee. Kayla Ottmo, age 35, was indicted on July 9, 2019. She appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on October 3, 2019, […]
Alexandria, VA – In response to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-MA, introducing the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, H.R. 4540, that would provide relief to civil servants financially punished by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), NARFE National President Ken Thomas issued the following statement: “The Windfall Elimination Provision has unfairly penalized […]
Alexandria, Va. – In response to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announcing today that the average Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program premiums for America’s active and retired federal workers will increase by an average 4.0 percent in 2020 – with the share paid by federal civil servants increasing by an average of 5.6 percent […]