Tampa, Florida – 10/13/26 – Stanley Richardson Joseph (28, Brooklyn, NY), Kallie Nicole Valerie Halliday (26, Brooklyn, NY), and Kristy Marie Bochecchio (47, Tampa) have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy, theft of government money or property, and aggravated identity theft. If convicted on all counts, each faces a maximum penalty of 10 […]
HAMMOND – 10/8/26 – Zachary Nelson, 27 years old, of Lowell, Indiana, was sentenced to probation by United States District Court Judge Gretchen Lund after pleading guilty to felony delay of mail, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred. “Zachary Nelson, a Rural Mail Carrier for the United States Postal Service, on multiple occasions in […]
Chicago – 10/9/26 – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that a Chicago woman who stole personal checks and deposited them into her bank account while employed by the U.S. Postal Service pleaded guilty to theft. Teneshya Harris, 37, pleaded guilty in Cook County Circuit Court to one count of theft by deception between $500 and […]
Orlando, Florida – 10/9/26 – Khayyam Arif Oglu Farajov (40), an Azerbaijani national, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain payments from the United States Postal Service (USPS). Farajov faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison […]
U.S. Attorney’s Office seeking public assistance to reach nearly 6,500 victims INDIANAPOLIS- 10/9/26 – A former United States Postal Service letter carrier, Destinee Ruffin, 29, of Indianapolis, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $34 million conspiracy to commit bank fraud by stealing checks from the U.S. Mail. Ruffin is scheduled to be sentenced on October […]
10/7/26 – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced today that MICHAEL EDWARDS, a/k/a “Only1Giela,” was sentenced today to eight years in prison by U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl for orchestrating an expansive scheme to steal and fraudulently alter millions of dollars in checks before depositing the checks […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. – 10/5/26 – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today Carwin D. Lidge, 27, of Amherst, NY, Jenny B. Alemany, 40, and Richard Law, 29, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit mail theft, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a […]
Trio preyed on postal customers in five western Washington counties Tacoma – 10/05/26 – Three residents of the South Sound region have now been sentenced to federal prison for their post office burglary scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Paula Jean Gamboa, 38 of Federal Way, Washington, was the last of three defendants […]
Florida: David Armeda, 38, was charged with criminal mischief and removing mail from a depo or a carrier.
Lottery winner mailed winning ticket to relative for funeral expenses, authorities say BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A United States Postal Service employee from Broward County is facing multiple felony charges after investigators say she stole a winning Florida Lottery ticket from the mail and fraudulently claimed a $2,600 prize. According to the Florida Lottery, the […]