On December 17, 2025, in the United States District Court for South Carolina, Columbia Division, LaTanya Gadson, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 795 (located in Sumter, S.C.), was charged with one count of embezzlement of union funds of at least $11,474 and one count of falsification of records, in violation of […]
HOUSTON – 12/17/25 – A 34-year-old local resident has been ordered to federal prison for a stolen mail fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Britni Marie Johnson pleaded guilty July 29. U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal has now ordered Johnson to serve 65 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – 1/5/26 – Dominique Dunlap, 30, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release today for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of stolen mail, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison sentence, Dunlap […]
JACKSON, MS – 12/23/25 – United States Attorney Baxter Kruger of the Southern District of Mississippi announced the sentencing of four individuals last week in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi for their involvement in an identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy scheme. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James […]
Chicago, IL – 12/22/25 – Following a joint investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Chicago Police Department, Ralph Rodriguez, 42, of Chicago, IL, pleaded guilty in Cook County Criminal Court on December 2, 2025, to one felony count of theft and was sentenced to three years in prison due to his status as […]
Jacksonville, Florida –12/19/25 – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Delvenia Renee Mitchell (54, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to theft of government of property, over $1,000. Mitchell faces up to 10 years in prison and payment of restitution. No sentencing date has been set. According to court documents, in 2023, Mitchell worked as […]
CHICAGO — 12/19/25 – A United States Postal Service employee has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly collecting augmented workers’ compensation benefits to which she was not entitled. In 2012, GRACIELA VENEGAS began receiving workers’ compensation benefits for an injury she sustained in the performance of her Postal Service duties. Venegas claimed her spouse […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – 12/18/25 – A Belton, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in the theft of government property, Treasury checks. Julian King, 32, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to 6 months imprisonment based upon his guilty plea to theft of government funds relating to […]
SCRANTON – 12/16/25 – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Cedric Lodge, age 58, and Denise Lodge, age 65, both of Goffstown, New Hampshire, were sentenced on December 16, 2025, by Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann to interstate transport of stolen human remains. Cedric Lodge […]
ST. LOUIS – 12/16/25 – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a man who committed bank fraud for years with checks stolen from the mail to 72 months in prison. Judge Pitlyk also ordered Terron T. Brown, 23, to repay $51,932 to victims. Brown pleaded guilty in August to one count of […]