OIG: A Mail Carrier Claimed She Was Disabled, but the Evidence Told Another Story

OIG: A Mail Carrier Claimed She Was Disabled, but the Evidence Told Another Story

Internal derangement and rotator cuff tears of the right and left shoulders, lumbosacral strain, and dorsal muscle strain of the back resulting from an injury — any medical doctor would declare this patient unable to perform labor-intensive work, especially that of a Postal Service employee. Add to that PTSD, depression, and chronic pain stemming from […]

Four Sentenced to Combined 99 Months in Federal Prison for US Postal Bribery Scheme

Four Sentenced to Combined 99 Months in Federal Prison for US Postal Bribery Scheme

4/7/26 – Four defendants involved in a United States Postal Service bribery scheme were sentenced to a combined 99 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould. According to court documents, a former Senior Network Analyst for the United States Postal Service, Zechariah Yi, 52, of Aurora, […]

Montgomery, AL Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiracy Involving Stolen Mail and Bank Fraud

Montgomery, AL Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiracy Involving Stolen Mail and Bank Fraud

4/6/26 – Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced today that a Montgomery woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in a mail theft and bank fraud scheme that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent deposits. On April 1, 2026, a federal judge sentenced Rhashema Shackleford, 37, of Montgomery, […]

San Jose Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing and Assaulting a U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier

San Jose Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing and Assaulting a U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier

SAN JOSE –3/31/26 – Robert Cordova, also known as Robert Cordona, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of Robbery of a United States Mail Carrier and one count of Assaulting a Federal Employee. Cordova, 49, of San Jose, was indicted by a federal grand jury on January 23, 2025, on charges of robbery […]

New Orleans Man Indicted for Assaulting Postal Carrier with a Deadly Weapon

New Orleans Man Indicted for Assaulting Postal Carrier with a Deadly Weapon

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – GILBERT DARBY (“DARBY”), age 48, a resident of New Orleans, was indicted on January 30, 2026, for assaulting a federal officer, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 111(a)(1) and (b); discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(iii); […]

Richmond postal employee sentenced to four years in prison for $1.5M stolen check fraud scheme

Richmond postal employee sentenced to four years in prison for $1.5M stolen check fraud scheme

RICHMOND, Va. – 3/25/26 – A North Chesterfield man was sentenced today to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. According to court documents, from Oct. 24, 2021, to May 5, 2025, Joshua Lee, 28, was employed as a mail processing clerk at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Richmond Processing and Distribution […]

Former Georgia USPS employees plead guilty to stealing mail and committing PPP loan fraud

Former Georgia USPS employees plead guilty to stealing mail and committing PPP loan fraud

ATLANTA – Former mail recovery clerk Daniqua Clark has pleaded guilty to stealing cash, gift cards, and other items from the mail while working at the Atlanta Mail Recovery Center and fraudulently obtaining two pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, and former mail recovery clerk Deneeka Ferguson has pleaded guilty to participating in the mail […]