LOS ANGELES – 8/28/26 – An aspiring rapper is among two defendants arrested – and a total of three defendants charged – in a 25-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they illegally possessed more than 50 stolen United States Treasury checks and hundreds of other checks belonging to individuals and businesses, totaling more than $8.1 […]
TOPEKA, KAN. – 8/28/26 – A former Kansas postmaster pleaded guilty to falsifying money orders in order to embezzle from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). According to court documents, Sierra Werth, 32, of Quinter pleaded guilty to one count of misappropriation of postal funds. In January 2025, the U.S, Postal Service determined the post office […]
Jovanni Jamison-Lewis Allegedly Stole Gift Cards, Greeting Cards and Lottery Tickets from the Mail Stream; Seven Victims Have Been Identified Since Defendant’s November 2025 Arrest (SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – 8/26/26 – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Jovanni Jamison-Lewis, 36, of Mastic Beach, was indicted on charges of Grand Larceny in […]
ATLANTA – 8/25/26 – Melissa McAfee, a former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, was sentenced to federal prison today for stealing mail containing checks and gift cards worth more than $1 million. “Mail carriers are entrusted with the responsibility of handling citizens’ valuable and personal communications, but McAfee abused that trust by stealing more than […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — For the second time in a little more than a decade, the Gates Mills postmaster is facing charges of stealing from the post office. Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged postmaster Mary Cardille with misappropriating post office funds. Officials said she took about $14,000. Prosecutors charged Cardille, 62, of Macedonia, by way of […]
OTTUMWA – 8/19/26 – An Ottumwa woman was arrested after an investigation into theft at the Menards store in Ottumwa. The Wapello County Sheriff’s Office says that they received a complaint on June 24 regarding a Menards rebate that had been stolen and later redeemed at the Ottumwa Menards. During their investigation, and with assistance […]
Conspiracy to commit bank fraud, identity theft and stolen mail amongst charges SAVANNAH, Georgia: 8/18/26 – A Savannah man has been ordered to be confined in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge R. Stan Baker and announced by Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. […]
Gainesville, Florida – 8/17/26 – Antrell Jermaine Hillard, 33, of Live Oak, Florida, was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to steal postal keys, theft of postal keys, and postal robbery/assault. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “This serial, […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – 8/11/26 – A Georgia man admitted to conspiring to distribute fentanyl, conspiring to defraud banks by negotiating stolen U.S. Treasury checks, and obtaining a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Elvis Sonson, 51, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb to an […]
Delco Man Sentenced to Six and a Half Years in Prison for Conspiring to Steal, Sell U.S. Treasury Checks Worth Millions PHILADELPHIA – 8/14/26 – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Alexander Telewoda, 26, of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, was sentenced this week to 78 months’ incarceration, three years of supervised release, restitution of $10,841,731.83, […]