12/19/17 – A U.S. postal worker was sentenced to 97 months in prison for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Charles E. Peeler for the Middle District of Georgia. Harold Coley was convicted by a […]
Ocala, Florida – 12/15/17 – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury in Orlando today found Susan J. Gissy (54, Crystal River) guilty of one count of theft of government funds and two counts of concealing a material fact in connection with the receipt of workers compensation benefits. She faces […]
LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. — A rural mail carrier has been arrested and accused of stealing gift cards and cash from the U.S. Mail. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) met with a Special Agent from the United States Postal Service (USPS), Office of the Inspector General in reference to a criminal investigation of a postal […]
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – 12/14/17 – Brian T. Hanlon, age 36, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to serve a two-year term of probation and pay a $2,500 fine for willfully obstructing the passage of the mail by stealing money from mailed letters, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith […]
December 12, 2017 Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Distribution Conspiracy Involving Mail Theft Postal worker stole packages containing oxycodone and hydrocodone mailed from the VA and intended for veterans, then resold pills with codefendant CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A couple who conspired to steal oxycodone and hydrocodone from packages mailed from the Department of […]
12/12/17 – John H, Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Scott Pierce, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, announced that MARCEL VAN WOLVELAERD, 62, of Guilford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to submitting false […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – 12/12/17 – A Sicklerville, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to steal and convert over 100 blank U.S. Postal Service (USPS) money orders, resulting in nearly $100,000 in losses, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Marc Saunders, 39, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez […]
Former Postal Employee Sentenced to over 6 Years in Federal Prison for Selling at Least 6,240 Credit Cards Stolen from the U.S. Mail SANTA ANA, California – A Garden Grove man who worked for the United States Postal Service for more than two decades was sentenced today to 75 months in federal prison for stealing thousands […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC-TV) – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced on Thursday that Bobby Bullard, Jr., 35, of Rochester, who was convicted of theft by government employee, was sentenced to 90 days in jail and one year supervised release. The defendant was also ordered to pay $648 in restitution for a stolen cell phone. […]
Horry County, SC (WPDE) — On Tuesday, Horry County police announced that they had recovered pieces of mail stolen from mailboxes all over the county. Now, we’re finding out more about how authorities found out about the missing pieces of post to begin with. Police say it was a postal worker who helped them crack […]