August 12, 2013, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Frank Juarez, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 6768 (located in Plano, Tex.), was sentenced to three years of probation with 180 days of home detention and was ordered to pay $21,151 in restitution and an assessment […]
June 27, 2013 MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a former employee of the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) pleaded guilty to embezzling postal funds from the Brooklyn Park Post Office. Kathleen M. Warner, age 53, of Otsego, pleaded guilty to one count of misappropriation […]
Union Criminal Enforcement Actions 2013 On May 29, 2013, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Joseph Allen, former Secretary-Treasurer for National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 588 (located in Athens, Ga.), was sentenced to one year in prison, one year of probation and ordered to pay restitution in […]
March 28, 2013 MINNEAPOLIS—A federal indictment unsealed late yesterday charges a former employee of the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) with embezzling approximately $10,365.57 from the Brooklyn Park Post Office. The indictment, which was filed on March 12, 2013, charges Kathleen M. Warner, age 52, of Otsego, with one count of misappropriation of postal funds. […]
December 19, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Wanda Jackson, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 4065 (located in Plano, Tex.), was sentenced to 18 months of incarceration, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $41,246.95 in restitution and a $100 […]
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 […]