Rural Carrier Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft

US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Brandon G.Novak, age 42, of Yankton, appeared before US Magistrate John E.Simko on May 5, 2010, and pled guilty to one count of an indictment that charged him with five counts of Theft of Mail by a Postal Service Employee. The maximum penalty upon conviction is five years […]

USPS OIG Request Public Help In Catching Postal Employees Faking On the Job Injuries?

This is a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Ohio. The story is about an Ohio Postal Clerk’s conviction but check out the last paragraph. Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that on Friday, April 30, 2010, Tonia M. Anderson, 54, […]

Former Houston Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Use Of USPS Gas Credit Card

Press Release from The United States Attorney’s Office,Southern District of Texas (HOUSTON) – A former letter carrier has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the United States Postal Service (USPS) while on duty, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Indicted for theft of public money on March 4, 2010, Juan DeDios Vargas, 35, […]

Postal Employee Charged With Stealing Over 1,200 Gift Cards From Mail

US Attorney Press Release  Allegedly Rifled Over 1200 Greeting Cards, Stealing Cash, Checks and Gift Cards  Baltimore, Maryland – A criminal complaint has been filed charging Postal Service employee Andrew C. Walsh, age 51, of Cockeysville, Maryland, with theft of mail. Walsh was arrested at home last night. At the time of his arrest, agents […]

South Carolina Postal Clerk Charged With Stealing $46,000 From Stamp Machines

Columbia, South Carolina —- Acting United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald stated today that Harry H. Higgins, age 52, of Greenville, South Carolina, was charged in a federal Indictment with misappropriation of postal funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1711. Higgins worked as a technician for the Spartanburg West Post Office, […]

Ohio Postal Clerk Charged With Theft of 2,050 Pieces of Mail

Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Thomas D. Oliver, age 48, of Louisville, Ohio, with theft of mail by a postal employee and unauthorized opening of mail by a postal employee. The Indictment alleges that from as […]

South Carolina Man Sentenced For Burning Postal Van Carrying Mail

Columbia, South Carolina—- Acting United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald stated today that Timothy Turner, age 25, of Westminster, South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Anderson for maliciously destroying a vehicle carrying United States mail by means of fire, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(i). Senior United States […]

Louisiana Man Indicted For Assaulting Letter Carrier

March 11, 2010 CHRISTOPHER ISAAC, age 20, of Marrero, Louisiana, was charged in a one count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with Assault on a Federal Officer, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. According to the indictment, ISAAC used a dangerous weapon to forcibly assault a United States Postal Service letter while the Postal […]

Surgeon Tried to Get Easy Money in the Big Easy

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 […]