Video: “Contents were missing:” USPS carrier accused of stealing thousands of first-class mail

Video: “Contents were missing:” USPS carrier accused of stealing thousands of first-class mail

WAUKESHA, WI – Thousands of pieces of mail go missing in and around Waukesha. Federal investigators are put on the case and that mail has turned up…inside a postal workers’ house and personal car. FOX6 News is told the theft included both standard mail and first-class letter mail. Authorities are now trying to put a […]

South Carolina APWU Secretary-Treasurer Indicted On One Count Of Embezzlement Of $41,823

South Carolina APWU Secretary-Treasurer Indicted On One Count Of Embezzlement Of $41,823

On September 1, 2015, in the United States District Court of South Carolina, Sharon Holmes, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 807 (located in Columbia, S.C.), was indicted on one count of embezzlement in the amount of $41,823, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c); one count of falsification of union  records, in […]

Video: Postal inspectors: “Never leave outgoing checks in mailbox to be picked up by carrier;” here’s why

Video: Postal inspectors: “Never leave outgoing checks in mailbox to be picked up by carrier;” here’s why

MILWAUKEE — You might think the checks you put in a mailbox are secure — but U.S. postal inspectors say think again! They say outgoing mail in an unlocked box is an open invitation for thieves. “Businesses reported in a short period of time their bank accounts being compromised,” David Cunningham, U.S. postal inspector said. […]

Employee charged with alleged theft from Grafton, MA Post Office

Employee charged with alleged theft from Grafton, MA Post Office

Grafton – Police Chief Normand A. Crepeau Jr. released this statement this evening: On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, officers from Grafton Police Department, working with Special Agents from the United States Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General, participated in a joint investigation into the reported theft of United States mail by a postal […]

Video: Your Mail, Your Money or Your Life?

Video: Your Mail, Your Money or Your Life?

[reposted by request] Will you lose your mail, your bank account or your life? If you live in an apartment or condo building in or near West Hollywood where a thief has a U.S. Postal Service key to the front door, you should be worrying about all of those possibilities. More

Pennsylvania Postal Employee Charged With Misappropriation Of Postal Funds

Pennsylvania Postal Employee Charged With Misappropriation Of Postal Funds

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today Lori Haberle, age 45, of Kelayres, PA, has been charged in a one-count Indictment with misappropriation of Postal funds by a federal grand jury in Scranton. According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, in January through March 2015,  Haberle, a […]

Kentwood, LA Woman Sentenced for Stealing Money from United States Post Office

Kentwood, LA Woman Sentenced for Stealing Money from United States Post Office

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that WANDA JAMES, age 46, of Kentwood, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with making false entries and reports of money belonging to the United States, and in the care, custody and control of the United States Postal Service. According to […]