Surveillance video released Friday caught a woman trailing a mail carrier and stealing packages from two West Covina homes. “When I called the police and they came out to make a report they said it’s been happening more recently in the area,” Castillo said. “These people are coming and they’re probably taking electronics worth $500 […]
LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3.com) – Thousands of grandparents continue to be scam targets across the country, according to U.S. postal inspectors. Wanda Wood said the voice sounded like her grandson. He said he needed help and money immediately. “I really and truly believed it was Matt,” Wood said. “The kid sounded like Matt.”
Washington, D.C., May 29, 2014 – The Greeting Card Association (GCA) issued the following statement in response to rumored efforts by House Republicans aimed at using the elimination of Saturday mail delivery as a “pay-for” to offset a bailout of the Highway Trust Fund: “Eliminating essential services like Saturday delivery in order to bail out […]
From the Federal Times: Former U.S. Postal Service Governor Alan Kessler pressured postal executives to scuttle a planned property purchase that would have cost a friend millions of dollars, according to a report from the Office of Inspector General. The IG also found that the Postal Service general counsel, Mary Anne Gibbons, failed to act […]
A Fort Worth federal grand jury indicted a former postal worker and union leader who allegedly defrauded postal employees of more than $225,000. John P. Woods Jr., 68, of Arlington was a U.S. Postal Service employee and elected president of the Fort Worth branch of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union before he was charged […]
Postal Inspectors say customers should not click on the link. Like most viruses sent by e-mail, clicking on the link will activate a virus that can steal information — such as user names, passwords and financial account information. The e-mails, which claim to be from the Postal Service, contain fraudulent information about an attempted or […]
(HOUSTON) – The owners of three third-party mailing and presort companies and several of their employees have been charged by indictment with conspiracy to commit mail fraud by possessing and using counterfeit postage meter machines to affix counterfeit postage in large mailings resulting in lost revenue of more than $14 million to the U.S. Postal […]
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has investigated many fraudulent workers’ compensation claim cases. Most of these investigations involve postal employees scamming the system. But, employees aren’t the only ones who abuse the system. Sometimes, medical providers used by postal employees injured on the job, defraud and abuse the system. A few seek to take […]
Headquarters / Headquarters-Related EAS & PCES; Motor Vehicle; Maintenance (excluding Electronic Technicians); Rural Carriers; City Carriers The Postal Service recently received approval from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to offer voluntary early retirement to eligible employees nationwide. Automation and technological advances coupled with mail volume reductions has the Postal Service continuing to look for […]
From USPS Postal Inspectors are warning employees about a so-called “Employee Benefit Questionnaire” that a company operating under several names is distributing nationwide. The scam questionnaire claims to help federal employees with “little knowledge of their benefits” by calculating retirement payments or obtaining passwords for their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and PostalEASE accounts. Employees should […]