Martinez, California – On February 2, 2023, a United States Postal Service (USPS) worker was robbed in Martinez, and their mail truck was stolen by 35-year-old Joshua Scott Anderson. Charges were filed on February 28th against Mr. Anderson by the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office. The robbery of the carrier’s postal vehicle key and theft of the […]
WASHINGTON – 2/27/23 – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing an alert to financial institutions on the nationwide surge in check fraud schemes targeting the U.S. Mail. Fraud, including check fraud, is the largest source of illicit proceeds in the United States and is one of the anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – 2/24/23 – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Melisa Llosa, Inspector in Charge of the Phoenix Division of U.S. Postal Inspection Service, announced that Cisco Casaus-Alires was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Casaus-Alires, 21, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on June 29 to robbery of […]
PORTLAND, Ore. – 2/22/23 – On February 21, 2023, a Portland man was sentenced to federal prison for punching a U.S. Postal Service employee after stealing several trays of mail from a post office. Dellmon Timmy Smith, 53, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. According to court documents, […]
Defendant allegedly robbed letter carrier at gunpoint, stealing key used to open collection boxes BOSTON – 2/21/23 – A Boston man has been arrested and charged in connection with the Jan. 4, 2023 armed robbery of a United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier in Massachusetts. Anthony Diaz, 20, was charged with forcibly assaulting, resisting, […]