New Orleans Man Indicted for Assaulting Postal Carrier with a Deadly Weapon

New Orleans Man Indicted for Assaulting Postal Carrier with a Deadly Weapon

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – GILBERT DARBY (“DARBY”), age 48, a resident of New Orleans, was indicted on January 30, 2026, for assaulting a federal officer, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 111(a)(1) and (b); discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(iii); […]

Richmond postal employee sentenced to four years in prison for $1.5M stolen check fraud scheme

Richmond postal employee sentenced to four years in prison for $1.5M stolen check fraud scheme

RICHMOND, Va. – 3/25/26 – A North Chesterfield man was sentenced today to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. According to court documents, from Oct. 24, 2021, to May 5, 2025, Joshua Lee, 28, was employed as a mail processing clerk at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Richmond Processing and Distribution […]

Former Georgia USPS employees plead guilty to stealing mail and committing PPP loan fraud

Former Georgia USPS employees plead guilty to stealing mail and committing PPP loan fraud

ATLANTA – Former mail recovery clerk Daniqua Clark has pleaded guilty to stealing cash, gift cards, and other items from the mail while working at the Atlanta Mail Recovery Center and fraudulently obtaining two pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, and former mail recovery clerk Deneeka Ferguson has pleaded guilty to participating in the mail […]

Man Indicted and Arrested for Kidnapping and Carjacking of a U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier

Man Indicted and Arrested for Kidnapping and Carjacking of a U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –3/20/26 – On March 19, 2026, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a four-count indictment charging a Guaynabo man with kidnapping and carjacking a United States Postal Service letter carrier. According to court documents, on or about November 25, 2025, Ariel Ayala Meléndez, 59, willfully seized, […]

Maryland Man Sentenced for Mailing Threatening Communications to Jewish Institutions and Civil Rights Violations

Maryland Man Sentenced for Mailing Threatening Communications to Jewish Institutions and Civil Rights Violations

March 2026 – The Justice Department announced that Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, Maryland, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney to 37 months in prison, 3 years supervised release, $40,000 fine, and a $2,200 special assessment for mailing threatening communications targeting Jewish institutions and organizations. According to court […]

California Man Indicted for $6 Million Counterfeit U.S. Postage Stamp Scheme

California Man Indicted for $6 Million Counterfeit U.S. Postage Stamp Scheme

3/18/26 – San Diego, CA – PEN – March 5, 2026, a federal grand jury indicted Wayne Fister, aka Wayne Wong, for selling millions of counterfeit U.S. postage stamps. In one interdiction, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service intercepted five different packages intended for Fister that together contained more than 1 million counterfeit stamps. Fister is […]

Pennsylvania Postal Service Employee Charged with Bank Fraud and Theft of Mail

Pennsylvania Postal Service Employee Charged with Bank Fraud and Theft of Mail

SCRANTON- 3/20/26 – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nicholas Pecko, age 33, of Vandling, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bank fraud and theft of mail. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, the indictment alleges that Pecko, an employee of […]

Former Charlotte USPS Employee Sentenced To 15 Months in Prison for Bank Fraud Scheme Involving Stolen Mail

Former Charlotte USPS Employee Sentenced To 15 Months in Prison for Bank Fraud Scheme Involving Stolen Mail

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – 3/20/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced yesterday for his role in a bank fraud scheme involving stolen mail, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Andre Whitehurst, 34, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 15 months in prison followed by one year of supervised […]