On April 28, 2010, in the 60th District Court of Muskegon County, Michigan, a misdemeanor complaint was filed charging Jamie Nielsen, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 13 (located in Muskegon, Mich.), with one count of embezzlement of $200 or more but less than $1,000. The charge follows an investigation by […]
June 26, 2010 Former Marysville Postal Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Thefts Former Marysville, CA USPS supervisor June Marie Casteel has plead guilty to stealing $4,633 in money orders and cash. Her thefts took place between Septemeber 5 and 9, 2009. Casteel took advantage of her position as supervisor and gained access to an employee’s cash […]
FORMER POSTAL EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO STATUTORY MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROLE IN MAIL THEFT CONSPIRACY Defendant Worked as a Mail Handler at Dallas Main Post Office DALLAS — A former employee of the U.S. Postal Service, James Olabode Laniyan, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to […]
Local APWU Officers Investigated by DOL For Possible Embezzlement On April 1, 2010, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, David M. Matthis, former Secretary Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 205 (located in Alexandria, La.), was sentenced to three years of supervised probation, 200 hours of community […]
(HOUSTON) – The owners of three third-party mailing and presort companies and several of their employees have been charged by indictment with conspiracy to commit mail fraud by possessing and using counterfeit postage meter machines to affix counterfeit postage in large mailings resulting in lost revenue of more than $14 million to the U.S. Postal […]
June 14, 2010 JERRY WHITE, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent Petitioner Jerry White (“White”) appeals from the final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“the Board”) upholding his removal for eight separate incidents of accepting pay for time not worked. We affirm. BACKGROUND White was employed by the United States Postal Service […]
Former Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing United States and District of Columbia Treasury Checks from Mail June 2, 2010 WASHINGTON – Shareen Wilson, 42, a former mail carrier with the United States Postal Service (“USPS”), pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and […]
June 4, 2010 FORMER USPS EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL THEFT – Obtained $10,800 from Stolen Mail Baltimore, Maryland – Althaniel Arson Dailey, age 47, of Severn, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to mail theft. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Postal Inspector in Charge […]
May 24, 2010 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that United States Postal Service employee Shawn Michael Wardinski, 25, of Redding, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. to stealing prescription drugs from the mail. This case is the product of a joint investigation by the […]
April 23, 2010 (HOUSTON) – A former 20-year postal employee has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the U.S. Mail while on duty, United States Attorney Josè Angel Moreno announced today. Betty Jo Patterson, 52, of Houston, was indicted on March 17, 2010, and charged with one count of theft of a mail by a […]