A federal grand jury indicted a construction contractor for stealing over $1.2 million from the United States Postal Service through a more than three-year scheme to defraud through false invoices, Acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin announced today. Mohsin was joined in the announcement by Steven Suller, Director of the Contract Fraud Investigations Division, […]
11/28/17 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – BIRDIE JO HOAKS, 47, and BECKY JO HOAKS, 47, both of Choctaw, Oklahoma, were sentenced today to 60 and 48 months respectively in federal prison for conspiring to steal U.S. postage stamps, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. On May 18, 2017, the […]
Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with United States Postal Inspector in Charge Philip R. Bartlett, today announced that seven Brooklyn residents have been indicted on charges of second-degree grand larceny, first-degree scheme to defraud and related charges for their role in an alleged scheme to fraudulently deposit the same United States Postal Service […]
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge James Moody today sentenced Stacy Darnell Mitchell (48,Tampa) to nine years and one month in federal prison for theft of stolen government property and mail theft.| As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $2,085,649.50 and ordered him to pay restitution […]
June 9, 2016 – Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe, together with Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of ICE- Homeland Security Investigations in New York, today announced the indictments of Lawrence Lazard (DOB 07/06/87) of 229 Route 202, Apt. 3N, Haverstraw, New York and Fabrice Stinfil (DOB 08/31/95) of 5 George St., […]
A former U.S. Postal Service contracting officer, along with a mail delivery contractor, were indicted today for engaging in a scheme to defraud the Postal Service through bribery and kickbacks in connection with the awarding of contracts to deliver the mail. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – A woman and two men from Camden were charged today for their alleged participation in a scheme in which they stole business checks from the U.S. Mail in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, altered them, and cashed them using a series of conspirators, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Ivory Vernon, 29, […]
National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) is a federal program designed to heighten awareness of fraud and help consumers improve their ability to combat crime. During NCPW, federal, state, and local consumer protection agencies — together with consumer organizations and industry associations — launch consumer protection and education efforts around the country. This year, the Postal […]
‘One-ring’ telephone scams can result in big phone charges The USPS Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) is warning employees of a scam involving “one-ring” telephone calls. Here’s how the scam works — the victim receives a telephone call that rings only once; or the caller hangs up just as the victim answers the phone. Believing […]