JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – 3/22/17 – Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Osage Beach, Mo., woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for a scheme to open fraudulent bank accounts in order to cash checks stolen from the mail. Chrystal Lynn Bernstein, 27, of […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. – 3/23/17 – A former U.S. Postal Service worker in western New York has pleaded guilty to scamming the federal government out of more than $1.2 million in benefits. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 59-year-old Richard Klaffka, of Holland, pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud. Prosecutors say his 62-year-old wife, Cathleen, admitted to […]
TAMPA – 3/21/17 – A man who admitted to his role in a scheme to sell almost $3 million in social security checks was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison. Richard Lee Anderson, 38, claimed he wasn’t aware of just how serious his crime was. “I’m sorry for everybody that I hurt,” Anderson […]
A former University of Alabama football player was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for stealing gift cards from the mail. Terrill Chatman, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of misappropriation of postal funds in November 2016. Chief U.S. District Judge Karon O. Bowdre sentenced Chatman to 12 months of probation. He was ordered to complete a financial […]
3/10/17 – A United States Postal Service letter carrier was convicted at trial of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Benjamin G. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Rafiq Ahmad, Special Agent in Charge, United States Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG), Max Eamiguel, Special Agent in […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Delran, New Jersey, man will appear in federal court today to face charges that he abused his position as a U.S. Postal Service supervisor to steal cash deposits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Amar D. Patel, 35, is charged by complaint with knowingly embezzling, stealing, purloining, and converting to his […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – 3/7/17 – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an employee who worked under a contract with the U.S. Postal Service was indicted by a federal grand jury today for stealing mail. Kristen L. McIntyre, 37, of Trenton, Mo., was charged in an indictment returned […]
Former Postal Employee Convicted at Trial in Scheme to Defraud Worker’s Compensation Program Sentenced to 21 Months in Federal Prison DALLAS — 3/7/17 – McArthur Baker, 69, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to […]
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Carol Sosik, age 55, of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, was charged in a one-count criminal information with misappropriation of postal funds from the U.S. Post Office in Dallas, Pennsylvania. According to U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, the information charges Sosik with […]
Heidi Kneisl was shocked to learn a neighbor stole her mail and was able to withdraw money from her savings accounts. “My neighbor lived across the street from me and over for a little bit of time – and so it was pretty convenient for him to you know, go into my mailbox, which didn’t […]