BOSTON – A Boston man and former postal employee was sentenced in federal court for stealing mail from his postal route. Andrae Wilson, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William Young to four months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release. Wilson was also ordered to repay over $9,000 he […]
On January 4, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Pamela S. Hinzman, former Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 1580 (located in Parkersburg, W.Va.), was charged in a one-count indictment for embezzling $26,260.68 in union funds. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District […]
On November 17, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Tommy Harris, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1230 (located in Griffin, Ga.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement totaling $24,646.82, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The guilty plea follows an investigation by […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa – After a non-jury trial tried before Senior United States District Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Terri Oddo was found guilty of one count of misappropriation of postal funds, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Oddo, 43, of East Brady, Pennsylvania, was tried in Pittsburgh. According to Assistant United States Attorney Paul […]
On October 13, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Max Messamore, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 2039 (located in Somerset, Ky.), was sentenced to two years probation, fined $500, and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $2,293.77. He was also […]
BOISE – Guy K. Dunne, 45, of Caldwell, Idaho, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Boise to count one of an information charging him with theft of mail matter by an officer or employee, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. According to the plea agreement, Dunne was employed as a city carrier […]
Jeanette Postal Employee Charged With Workmen’s Comp Fraud, Lying to Postal Personnel FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 27 , 2011 PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Greensburg, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of workmen’s compensation fraud and false statements, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced. The two-count […]
NALC: On September 6, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, William Wyda, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 253 (located in Hazelton, Pa.), pled guilty to an information charging him with one count of embezzlement in the amount of $14,081.51. Wyda was then sentenced […]
The former postmaster of the Whiting, Kan., post office has been indicted on charges of embezzling government funds, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Thursday. Terri L. Morris, 49, Holton, Kan., is charged with two counts of making a false writing and one count of embezzling public funds. The indictment alleges the crimes took place at […]
On June 17, 2011, in United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Kimberly Hirschkorn, former Financial Secretary of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 709 (located in Bellingham, Wash.), pled guilty to willful embezzlement of union funds, in violation of one count of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). Hirschkorn was then sentenced to two […]