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); […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — 3/30/26 – The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina has unsealed an indictment charging five individuals for their roles in a fraud and money laundering scheme that resulted in a cumulative loss of at least $3.5 million. The following have been charged for their roles in the 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
BROOKLYN, NY — 3/20/26 -PEN – Following an investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the New York Police Department, a federal judge sentenced Andrae Small on March 16, 2026, to seven years in prison for the March 5,2024, robbery of a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier and mail theft in the Crown Heights […]
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 […]
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 […]