ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CHARGES FORMER U.S. POSTAL SERVICE WORKER OVER ALLEGED PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN FRAUD April 15, 2025 Raoul Alleges Woman Applied for Loans While Receiving Unemployment, Workers Compensation Benefits Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Cook County woman alleging she fraudulently received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, an Economic Injury Disaster Loan […]
LANSING – 4/14/25 – Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Andrew Birge today announced that Srecko Darnell Walker, 35, of Muskegon, has been sentenced to a total of 32 years in federal prison. At sentencing, Chief United States District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou remarked on Walker’s extensive criminal history, which now includes […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – 4/10/25 – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 120 months of imprisonment on his convictions for shooting at a mail carrier and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand imposed the sentence […]
OKLAHOMA CITY – 4/5/25 – DONALD EUGENE COOKS, 50, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to serve 92 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail theft, possession of stolen mail, and witness tampering, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. On October 3, 2023, a federal Grand Jury returned a four-count Second Superseding Indictment […]
CHICAGO —4/4/25 – A federal grand jury has indicted two men for allegedly assaulting and robbing a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Chicago. KYLER REESE and CHAUN ALLEN robbed the mail carrier on Nov. 16, 2022, according to an indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago. The pair arrived at the robbery […]
PORTLAND, Ore.— 3/28/25 – A federal judge in Portland found a Tigard, Oregon man guilty Wednesday for shooting a United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier. Kevin Eugene Irvine, 34, was convicted of one count each of attempted murder of a federal employee, aggravated assault on a federal employee with a firearm, and discharging a […]
MACON, Ga. – 3/24/25 – A Metro Atlanta resident who orchestrated a bank fraud scheme involving checks stolen from a Macon mail collection box that he would sell online pleaded guilty to bank fraud in federal court today. Keyon Ponder, 28, of Fayetteville, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud before U.S. District […]
BOSTON – 3/27/25 – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to embezzling over $18,000. Christine Hedges, 47, of Brockton, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government money. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs scheduled sentencing for June 18, 2025. In March 2024, Hedges […]
Chicago – 3/27/25 – Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Cook County woman alleging she fraudulently received two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for $40,000 while employed by the U.S. Postal Service. The Attorney General’s office charged Kelly Newman, 37, of Chicago with three counts of theft by deception of more than $10,000 and three […]
FRESNO, Calif. — 3/25/25 – Shawn Van Dixon, 39, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez for burglarizing a U.S. Post Office in Caliente, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced. According to court documents, on Oct. 28, 2023, Van Dixon forcefully broke into the U.S. […]