EVANSVILLE, IN – 7/2/25 – Michael Jerome Wright, 45, and Cortney Lashea Young, 36, of Princeton, Indiana, have been sentenced to 12 and 2 years in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a mail theft scheme. Wright pleaded guilty to mail theft, unlawful possession of a mail key, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – 7/2/25 – Wilber Castellanos Hernandez, 33, an undocumented Mexican citizen, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to carjacking a U.S. Postal Service Truck and threatening the U.S. Postal Service employee. In addition to his term of imprisonment, U.S. District Court Judge David Barlow sentenced Hernandez to […]
CHICAGO — 6/27/25 – A United States District Court judge sitting in Chicago has sentenced a man to nearly six years in federal prison for assaulting and robbing a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in a Chicago suburb. MALIK WASHINGTON robbed the mail carrier on Oct. 23, 2023, in Harvey, Ill. The mail carrier was delivering […]
6/26/25 – A Canadian national accused of operating fraudulent prize notice schemes was extradited to the United States and made his initial appearance in Las Vegas federal court on June 18, the Department of Justice and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. Patrick Fraser, 44, of Alberta, Canada, will face federal charges of conspiracy and […]
BOSTON – 6/23/25 – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for embezzling over $18,000. Christine Hedges, 47, of Brockton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to three years of probation. Hedges was also ordered to pay $18,939.58 in restitution and forfeiture. In […]
TOLEDO, Ohio – 6/13/25 – Three Lima, Ohio, men who robbed a federal worker while serving on official duty as a postal carrier have been sentenced to prison by U.S. District Court Judge James R. Knepp. According to the indictment, the robbery occurred on Nov. 30, 2023, while a United States Postal Service letter carrier was […]
Used scam letters leading thousands of intended victims to believe they owed state filing fees for businesses – defendant allegedly pocketed nearly $100,000 Seattle – A San Jose, California resident was arrested today on an indictment from the Western District of Washington for his scheme to steal from thousands of businesses and charities with scam […]
6/12/25 – The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and the Acting Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service, Edward Gallashaw, announced today the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment charging six defendants – MICHAEL EDWARDS, a/k/a “Only1Giela”; SHAKEEMO HILL, a/k/a “Keemo,” […]
6/13/25- William Carl Jackson, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to five years and three months in prison for robbing a postal carrier while armed with a dangerous weapon, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced. According to court documents, Jackson robbed two postal carriers in Sacramento, one on July 11, 2024, and a second on […]
PHILADELPHIA – 6/11/25 – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Tauheed Tucker, 23, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cory Scott, 25, of Ardmore, Pa., and Alexander Telewoda, 25, of Clifton Heights, Pa., were arrested and charged by superseding indictment with conspiracy to steal government funds, theft of government funds, and mail theft, arising from a multimillion-dollar […]