Stamford Man Charged in Stolen U.S. Treasury Check Scheme

Stamford Man Charged in Stolen U.S. Treasury Check Scheme

9/28/26 – David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BRADLEIGH RIVAL, 23, of Stamford, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with offenses stemming from his alleged role in a conspiracy involving the theft, altering, and negotiating of U.S. Treasury checks stolen from the U.S. Mail. As alleged […]

Former Tallahassee Postal Employee & Accomplice Sentenced for Federal Crimes

Former Tallahassee Postal Employee & Accomplice Sentenced for Federal Crimes

Tallahassee, Florida –9/28/26 – Taija Avion Smith, 25, and Jaheed Anthony Williams, 24, both of Tallahassee, Florida, have been sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail theft, theft of a mail key, bank fraud conspiracy, and multiple counts of aggravated identity theft. Williams, who also previously pleaded guilty to 14 […]

Two Former NY USPS Employees Charged in Connection with Scheme to Steal More Than 200 Gift Cards Out of the Mail

Two Former NY USPS Employees Charged in Connection with Scheme to Steal More Than 200 Gift Cards Out of the Mail

9/25/26 – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG”), Matthew M. Modafferi, announced today that PIAN PIAN WONG-TAM, a former United States Postal Service (“USPS”) Mail Processing Clerk […]

U.S. Postal Inspectors Shut Down Website Selling Millions of Counterfeit Postage Labels

U.S. Postal Inspectors Shut Down Website Selling Millions of Counterfeit Postage Labels

Miami, FL – 9/24/26 – The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and partner federal agencies have seized an internet domain, charging a Pakistani national with operating an unauthorized website that allegedly sold more than 5 million counterfeit U.S. Postal Service (USPS) postage labels, resulting in more than $126 million in losses. Court records show Faheem Akram, […]

Grand jury indicts Buffalo man for his role in mail theft conspiracy

Grand jury indicts Buffalo man for his role in mail theft conspiracy

BUFFALO, N.Y. –9/25/26 – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jaquan Greene, 20, of Buffalo, with conspiracy to commit mail theft, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, which carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. According to the indictment, between February 18 and […]

Las Vegas Woman Charged for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl by Mail and Possession of Firearms

Las Vegas Woman Charged for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl by Mail and Possession of Firearms

Part of the Homeland Security Task Force Initiative LAS VEGAS – 9/24/26 – A Las Vegas woman made her initial appearance in federal court yesterday for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, and possession of two firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime as a result of a Las Vegas Homeland […]

Dallas man sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for mailing threats to federal judges and hoax biological weapons to Fort Worth federal courthouse

Dallas man sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for mailing threats to federal judges and hoax biological weapons to Fort Worth federal courthouse

DALLAS — 9/23/26 – United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that Donald Ray McCray, 67, was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release for mailing threatening communications to several U.S. District Court Judges in the Northern District of Texas and the Eastern […]

Alabama Letter Carrier Charged with Destroying Campaign Mailers

Alabama Letter Carrier Charged with Destroying Campaign Mailers

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – 9/24/26 – A federal grand jury has indicted a U.S. Postal employee for destroying U.S. mail, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. A one-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges Sekondi Watts, 43, Center Point, Alabama, with destruction of mail by a U.S. Postal employee. According to the indictment, in […]

St. Louis Man Admits Trying to Buy Mail for $20,000

St. Louis Man Admits Trying to Buy Mail for $20,000

ST. LOUIS – 9/23/26 – A St. Louis man on Wednesday admitted trying to buy a truck full of mail from a postal carrier. Ty-Hunter Collins, 28, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a public official. He admitted approaching a postal carrier in the JCPenney store at the West County […]