TUCSON, Ariz. – On August 28, 2012, Anna Cecilia Miranda, 49, of Douglas, Ariz. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ivan L. Lemelle to a term of 16 months imprisonment followed by a 36 month term of supervised release. She was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $25,106.57. Miranda pleaded guilty on May […]
Postal Union Criminal Enforcement Actions On September 19, 2012, in the District Court for Hunt County, Texas, 196th Judicial District, Rosalin Dukes, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 3607 (located in Greenville, Tex.), pled guilty to one count of credit/debit card abuse and was then sentenced to five years of deferred adjudication […]
Note: The following is a report from the USPS Office of Inspector General Need a new roof, chimney repaired, or gutters fixed? An upstate New York letter carrier, determined by a physician to have a “total, permanent disability,” and receiving Office of Worker’s Compensation Program (OWCP) payments, was glad to help you out. A tip […]
Former U.S. Postal Service Executive Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Government Funds – Defendant Falsely Claimed over $17,000 in Travel Expenses That He Did Not Incur – WASHINGTON – David Kosturko, a former executive of the U.S. Postal Service, pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from his embezzlement of more than $17,000 from the […]
Criminal Enforcement Actions – Postal Union Officials On July 16, 2012, in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, Lanny F. Pauley, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1412 (located in Garden City, Kans.), was sentenced to two years of probation and was ordered to pay $14,898.51 in […]
On June 4, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Edward Kozusko, former Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 443 (located in Youngstown, Ohio), was sentenced to one week of confinement and three years of supervised release, the first eight months of which include home confinement with […]
Supervisor was issued a 7-day suspension for leaving a Postal Service Voyager Card at the service station The OIG initiated an investigation into suspicious Postal Service Voyager credit card transactions at a Pennsylvania Post Office location, after being advised that excessive charges were discovered while reconciling Voyager card expenses. The reconciliation showed that the suspicious […]
Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officers 2012 On April 9, 2012, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Michael Martin, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 3093 (located in Norwalk, Conn.), was sentenced to five years of probation, the first six months of which Martin must spend […]
Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced that ERIN WOOLSCHLAGER, age 35, of Lowville, N.Y., pled guilty today to the felony offense of Misappropriation of Postal Funds, before the Hon. Norman A. Mordue in the United States District Court in Syracuse, New York. Sentencing for WOOLSCHLAGER is scheduled […]
2012 Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials On February 6, 2012, in the Kandiyohi County, Minnesota District Court, Cherity Perez, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 631 (located in Willmar, Minn.), pled guilty to theft, in violation of Minnesota State Statute 609.52.2(1). The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis […]