Charges also include illegal gun possession AUGUSTA, Georgia: 5/7/26 – Two men have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to charges including mail theft. Michael Jermaine Thompson, 24, of North Augusta, South Carolina, was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to […]
5/8/26 – USPS News Link – A letter carrier in Cordele, GA, colluded with scammers to bilk the federal government out of $54 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds. Agents from the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General, or OIG, opened a case after uncovering a network of people who submitted fraudulent unemployment insurance claims […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – 4/6/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling a large amount of U.S. mail. Tiara McGill-Rushing, 34, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to one count of embezzlement of mail matter by a U.S. Postal Service […]
ST. LOUIS – 5/5/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service supervisor on Monday admitted stealing 89 checks from the mail. Benita D. Randle, 43, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of theft of mail by a U.S. Postal Service employee. John W. Harrison, 26, of Black Jack, Missouri, pleaded […]
PHILADELPHIA – 5/5/26 – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that four defendants: Saahir Irby, 28, and Tauheed Tucker, 24, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cory Scott, 26, of Ardmore, Pa., and Alexander Telewoda, 26, of Clifton Heights, Pa., have entered pleas of guilty before United States District Judge Joshua D. Wolson on charges of conspiracy […]
Star Distribution Received Over $10 Million Meant to Feed Children, Most Pocketed by Conspirators Two more defendants—Suleman Yusuf Mohamed and his brother Gandi Yusuf Mohamed—have pleaded guilty for their roles in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, announced Colin McDonald, Assistant Attorney General for the National Fraud Enforcement Division, and U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen […]
SACRAMENTO Calif. —4/28/26 – Monique Marie Gonzales Grado, 32, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to four years in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. As a part of her sentence, Gonzales Grado was also ordered to pay $82,142 in restitution […]
ATLANTA –4/30/26 – Two former U.S. Postal Service mail carriers, a former Alpharetta assistant bank manager, and a convicted felon face federal charges after participating in a scheme to steal valuable items from the mail, including a $4.9 million U.S. Treasury check. “Francina Sutton worked with two corrupt U.S. Postal Service mail carriers to steal […]
PORTLAND, Ore.—4/29/26 – A former Postal Service employee pleaded guilty yesterday for engaging in a scheme to steal money orders from the U.S. Postal Service. Jessica Alires, 46, of Nehalem, Oregon, pleaded guilty to misappropriation of postal funds. According to court documents, from September 2024 through December 2024, as a U.S. Postal Service employee in […]
EUGENE, Ore.—4/28/26 – A Burns, Oregon, man was sentenced to federal prison today for repeatedly stealing mail while working as a U.S. Postal Service employee at the Hines, Oregon Post Office. Patrick Wright, 44, was sentenced to 45 days in federal prison and two years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay over […]