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Nov 4th

Former Letter Carriers Vice President Pleads Guilty to Operating Overtime Kickback Scheme in the Allentown Post Office

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Joseph Whitbeck, 56, of Tamaqua, PA, pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges before United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith stemming from his operation of a scheme to defraud fellow union members out of rightfully earned overtime compensation. In April 2021, the defendant […]

Jul 30th

Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Involvement in ID Theft Scheme Using Corrupt Postal Worker

Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Identity Theft Scheme Using Prisoner Names and Corrupt U.S. Postal Service Employee Gregory Slaton pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to file false claims for his involvement in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund (SIRF) scheme, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s […]

Jul 24th

Maryland Mailman pleads guilty to stealing and destroying over 20,000 pieces of mail

Baltimore, Maryland – Jeffrey L. Shipley, age 47, of Millersville, Maryland pleaded guilty today to stealing and destroying mail while employed as a postal employee. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; and Special Agent in Charge Paul Bowman of the U.S. Postal Service, Office […]

Jul 21st

Tennessee Man Sentenced To Prison For $330,000 Counterfeit Postage Scheme

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On July 21, 2014, Jason Matthew Smalling, 34, of Piney Flats, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 14 months in federal prison. Upon his release from prison, Smalling was ordered to serve three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay […]

Jul 20th

North Dakota postmaster to plead guilty in USPS emergency salary checks fraud

A North Dakota postmaster who has worked for USPS  since 2000 (14 years) with an annuals salary of m0re than  $58,000  has agreed to plead guilty Edmund Sharp IV, former Beulah, North Dakota  postmaster  was indicted in May 2014 on charges of Misappropriation of Postal Funds -Between June 2013 and February 2014 converted to his […]

Nov 23rd

Former APWU National Officer Found Guilty For Theft Of Union Funds

Former APWU Southern RegionCoodinator was a candidate in the recent National Elections Thirteen false hotel receipts submitted for travel reimbursement (HOUSTON) – After less than half an hour of deliberation, a federal jury has convicted a former postal union officer for submitting false travel receipts seeking and obtaining more than $10,000 in union funds in […]