Montgomery, AL Man Sentenced to Over Eight Years for $1 Million Mail and Bank Fraud Scheme and Illegal Firearm Possession

Montgomery, AL Man Sentenced to Over Eight Years for $1 Million Mail and Bank Fraud Scheme and Illegal Firearm Possession

MONTGOMERY, AL – 8/21/25 – Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced that a Montgomery man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for orchestrating a mail and bank fraud scheme that caused over $1 million in losses, as well as for illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon. On […]

Three Rochester, NY men arrested, charged in postal theft ring

Three Rochester, NY men arrested, charged in postal theft ring

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – 8/15/25 – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Lamarious Bradley, Lucius Bradley, and Chad Brown, all of Rochester, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with mail theft, unlawful possession of USPS mailbox keys, and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, which carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison […]

Indianapolis felon sentenced to 175 months’ imprisonment for machine gun possession and mail theft scheme

Indianapolis felon sentenced to 175 months’ imprisonment for machine gun possession and mail theft scheme

INDIANAPOLIS – 7/24/25 – A district judge sentenced an Indianapolis felon to spend nearly 15 years in federal prison after he was found in possession of a machine gun and altered checks stolen from the mail valued at more than $1.2 million. In April 2024, a jury convicted Derrick Barbour, 28, of Indianapolis, also known […]

Carson Woman and Former USPS Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Checks and Credit Cards from the Mail

Carson Woman and Former USPS Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Checks and Credit Cards from the Mail

LOS ANGELES – 8/11/25 – A South Bay woman who formerly worked as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service in Torrance pleaded guilty today to stealing checks and debit and credit cards from the mail then selling them to her accomplices for three years, using the illicitly obtained funds to take international […]

New Orleans Woman Guilty of Theft of Mail by Postal Employee

New Orleans Woman Guilty of Theft of Mail by Postal Employee

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – 8/7/25 – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that on August 5, 2025, KANESHA FLORENCE (“FLORENCE”), age 28, pled guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709. According to court records, on February 6, 2023, FLORENCE allegedly unlawfully stole and removed a greeting card […]

Louisiana Postal Employee Sentenced for Destruction of U.S. Mail

Louisiana Postal Employee Sentenced for Destruction of U.S. Mail

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – 8/4/25 – Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced today that JORRY HARRISON (“HARRISON”), age 38, of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced on July 31, 2025 to one year of probation. HARRISON previously pleaded guilty to destruction of mail, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703(a). According to court documents, […]

Bronx Man Charged with Slashing of U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier

Bronx Man Charged with Slashing of U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier

8/5/25 – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Acting Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), Edward Gallashaw, announced today the arrest and filing of a Complaint charging JOHN GARCIA with assaulting a U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”) mail carrier […]

Illinois Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison – scheme involved large business checks stolen out of the mail

Illinois Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison – scheme involved large business checks stolen out of the mail

HAMMOND – Yesterday, Kareim J. Coverson, 37 years old, of Calumet City, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Phillip P. Simon after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor. Coverson was sentenced to 41 months in prison, 2 years of supervised release, and […]

Fayetteville, NC Man Convicted of Embezzling from U.S. Postal Service

Fayetteville, NC Man Convicted of Embezzling from U.S. Postal Service

WILMINGTON, N.C. – 8/4/25 – A Fayetteville man pleaded guilty to misappropriation of postal funds and to making false entries and reports in U.S. Government records. According to court documents, Robert Raquan Patterson, 29, served as a sales and services distribution associate for the U.S. Postal Service, Evergreen Post Office. In this capacity, Patterson was […]