Defendants Allegedly Stole Money Orders Mailed to Property Management Companies Before Altering and Cashing Them 6/29/26 – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with U.S. Postal Inspection Service New York Division Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward, U.S. Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General, Northeast Area Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi and […]
Investigators need help contacting victims INDIANAPOLIS— 6/29/26 – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging three individuals in a significant mail theft and fraud scheme targeting at least 3,000 victims. Former United States Postal Service employee Janea Reaves, 38, has been charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud and illegal transactions with […]
CHICAGO — 6/29/26 – A federal judge has sentenced a man to eight years in prison for robbing a U.S. Postal Service carrier in Chicago. The robbery occurred on March 18, 2022, in the 700 block of South Claremont Avenue in Chicago. The carrier was delivering mail when HENRY L. MOORER approached on foot and […]
On May 13, 2026, in the District Court of Hunt County, Texas, Jeannie Dean, former Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 3607 (located in Greenville, Tex.), was charged with one count of misapplication of fiduciary property of $30,000 or more but less than $150,000, in violation of Texas Penal Code 32.45, a third […]
6/25/26 – United States Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced that Cody Gaspard, age 27, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison following his conviction for assaulting a postal employee. U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson further sentenced Gaspard to serve two years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment. […]
OIG – 6/24/26 – A quiet conversation at a mall food court in eastern Puerto Rico sealed the deal — plan and method in place, profits were just around the corner. All the Postal Service employee had to do was look out for packages containing “blanca” and then hand them over to his associate for […]
Fresno Man Sentenced to over 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Through the U.S. Mail and at Trolley Creek Park in Fresno FRESNO, Calif. — 6/23/26 – Isaac James Ocejo, 22, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston to 15 years and 10 months in prison for […]
WASHINGTON — 6/22/26 – Ibrahim De La Cruz, 26, of the District, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in connection with the armed robbery of a U.S. Postal Service maintenance worker from whom he took postal master keys that he used to steal high volumes of mail from luxury apartment buildings across the District, […]
GREENEVILLE, TN – On June 10, 2026, George Herman Ruth, 70, of Morristown, was sentenced to 132 months’ imprisonment by the Honorable Clifton Corker, United States District Judge, in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. Today’s sentence followed Ruth’s prior entry of a guilty plea to twenty-five separate counts of mail fraud in connection […]
Chicago, IL – 6/10/26 – Ahmad Salamah, 32, of Harwood Heights, IL, was arraigned June 4, 2026, on three felony counts of burglary. Salamah was arrested after being identified as the suspect responsible for multiple burglary and mail theft incidents in the Chicagoland area beginning in May 2023. Based on the investigation conducted by the […]
