Two of the Co-Conspirators Are Former U.S. Postal Service Employees PHILADELPHIA – 10/19/26 – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that four area men have been sentenced to prison by United States District Judge Joshua D. Wolson for conspiring to steal and sell thousands of U.S. Treasury checks. The defendants were charged by superseding indictment […]
WILMINGTON, Del. – 10/19/26 – Garrett Mechanical Inc., a Dover repair and maintenance contractor; Hey Brother, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; Joseph Bruni; and Daniel Tulchin have agreed to pay $295,204 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for work performed at Postal facilities. […]
10/16/26 – NALC strongly condemns the violent attack on a Detroit letter carrier who was assaulted and injured by a group of men while delivering the mail on Oct. 7. The carrier was punched, kicked, and a firearm was discharged during the assault causing a serious head laceration. The incident, which has resulted in federal […]
10/16/26 – Brad D. Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on October 14, 2026, United States District Court Chief Judge Pamela Pepper sentenced Kevin McCaa (age 40) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to 38 years’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. On July 8, 2026, Kevin McCaa […]
1819 News – 10/Sekondi Watts pleaded not guilty last week to one count of mail destruction by a postal employee. Watts, a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee from Center Point, was indicted in September in the Northern District of Alabama for allegedly destroying or delaying campaign mailers for the May Republican primary. PENs original coverage […]
DETROIT – 10/15/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee has been sentenced to 20 months in prison by United States District Judge Susan K. DeClercq for fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon announced today. Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Tammy Hull, Inspector General, United States Postal Service, […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 10/14/26 – A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Kyree Hall, 26, of Sacramento, charging him with theft of government property, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. The indictment was unsealed following his arrest today. According to court documents, Hall was an employee of the U.S. Postal Service in 2025, and worked […]
OIG – 10/14/26 – The Coast Guard Investigative Service and Homeland Security Investigations had been following an alleged fraud ring in the Los Angeles, CA, area for some time. The allegations ranged from counterfeit documents to stolen checks, to stolen debit cards from the state’s unemployment insurance program, as well as other forms of fraud. […]
Tampa, Florida – 10/13/26 – Stanley Richardson Joseph (28, Brooklyn, NY), Kallie Nicole Valerie Halliday (26, Brooklyn, NY), and Kristy Marie Bochecchio (47, Tampa) have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy, theft of government money or property, and aggravated identity theft. If convicted on all counts, each faces a maximum penalty of 10 […]
HAMMOND – 10/8/26 – Zachary Nelson, 27 years old, of Lowell, Indiana, was sentenced to probation by United States District Court Judge Gretchen Lund after pleading guilty to felony delay of mail, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred. “Zachary Nelson, a Rural Mail Carrier for the United States Postal Service, on multiple occasions in […]