Former Washington Postal Worker Charged In $350,000 Health Insurance Theft

Former Washington Postal Worker Charged In $350,000 Health Insurance Theft

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Felony charges were filed against five people after insurance fraud investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU). Juelene Perez Owens (Perez), 37, of Mossyrock, was charged with first-degree theft in Lewis County Superior Court. According to the investigation, Perez enrolled her boyfriend, Jose P. Lopez, on the health insurance provided through her […]

Video: Billings police investigate reports of mail theft, including absentee ballots

Video: Billings police investigate reports of mail theft, including absentee ballots

KTVQ.com | Q2 | Continuous News Coverage | Billings, MT BILLINGS – The Billings Police Department is investigating recent reports of mail theft, including some absentee election ballots. In a press release issued Friday, Lt. Neil Lawrence said there have been about 10 reported mail thefts in the past week. Additionally, a number of residents […]

Former Effie, LA Post Office employee pleads guilty to stealing more than $6,000

Former Effie, LA Post Office employee pleads guilty to stealing more than $6,000

ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Cottonport woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $6,000 from the Effie Post Office. Chelsa Dobison, 26, of Cottonport, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to one count of issuing fraudulent money orders. According to the guilty plea, Dobison […]

Sterling, CO Mail Carrier Indicted By Federal Grand Jury for Delay and Destruction of Mail

Sterling, CO Mail Carrier Indicted By Federal Grand Jury for Delay and Destruction of Mail

DENVER – Tayson Adam Hidalgo, age 22, of Sterling, Colorado, was arrested following the return of a one count indictment by a federal grand jury in Denver charging him with delay or destruction of mail, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General announced.  Hidalgo appeared before a U.S. Magistrate […]

Former NY Postal Employee Charged In Mail and Identity Theft

Former NY Postal Employee Charged In Mail and Identity Theft

10/07/16 – According to PressConnects Melissa Elliott, 27, of Binghamton, is facing 14 federal criminal charges after an investigation conducted by a special agent for the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General. The investigation, which began in early January, was detailed in a 30-page criminal complaint filed Sept. 27 in U.S. District Court. Prosecutors say a Elliott claimed she stole […]

Former Ohio NALC Treasurer Pleads Guilty To Theft Of $16,347

Former Ohio NALC Treasurer Pleads Guilty To Theft Of $16,347

On September 20, 2016, in the Marion County Court of Common Pleas, Jeanette Bowman, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 280 (located in Marion, Ohio), was sentenced to 120 days of electronic monitoring, five years of community control, and was ordered to pay full restitution of $16,347.  On August 18, 2016, Bowman […]

Former Missouri NALC Secretary-Treasurer Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement

Former Missouri NALC Secretary-Treasurer Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement

On September 21, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, John McCain, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1016 (located in Poplar Bluff, Mo.), was sentenced to a two years of probation and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and a $100 assessment.  Restitution of […]

Former Buffalo, NY Letter Carrier Sentenced For Stealing From The Mail

Former Buffalo, NY Letter Carrier Sentenced For Stealing From The Mail

BUFFALO, N.Y.—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Nichole Crosson, 23, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of opening mail without lawful authority, was sentenced to two years probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael j. Roemer. The defendant was also ordered to pay $1,729.21 in restitution. Assistant U.S. Attorney John D. Fabian, who […]