Cleveland postal employee sentenced to nearly five years for theft of mail and access device fraud

Jennifer Riccardi, 46, a former U.S. Postal Service employee who worked at the main mail processing center in Cleveland, was sentenced for her role in a scheme to steal from the U.S. mail and commit access device fraud.  Judge John R. Adams sentenced Riccardi to 56 months of incarceration, three years of supervised release, and […]

Cleveland postal employee, roommate indicted for stealing at least 1,500 gift cards worth $47,000 from mail

12/20/2018 A U.S. Postal Service employee who worked at the main mail processing center in Cleveland and the man she lived with were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy in which she stole at least 1,500 gift cards from the mail worth at least $47,000. Jennifer Riccardi, 46, and Joseph Dennis, 37, both of […]

Ohio Postal employee indicted for stealing more than 250 gift cards from the mail

A grand jury returned an indictment charging a U.S. Postal Service employee with stealing more than 250 gift cards from the mail while working at 2400 Orange Avenue in Cleveland. Monique Wheeler, 54, of Warrensville Heights, was indicted on one count of theft of mail. Wheeler knowingly stole or took letters, postal cards, packages, bags, […]

Virginia postal clerk gets 2 years probation for stealing $7,000 in cash from the mail

July 11, 2016 NORFOLK, Va. – A postal clerk at the Bayside Postal Station in Virginia Beach who stole $100 gift card and $7,000 in cash from two separate packages was sentenced Monday to two years’ probation. Trazzonna Jacobs, a 28-year-old Army veteran pleaded guilty in March to the theft of mail. Previous news release from […]

Ex-Minneapolis postal worker admits she stole $150K in gift cards

5/24/16 MINNEAPOLIS  – A former postal worker admitted to stealing nearly $150,000 in pre-paid cards from the mail at a Minneapolis processing center. In a plea agreement for mail theft, Loushanda Montgomery said she stole “at least 679 such gift cards valued at $147,614.83.” The court documents say Montgomery stole the cards in 2014 between […]

Former Virginia Postal Employee pleads guilty to stealing gift cards from mail

5/11/16 NORFOLK, Va. – Tiffany Gordon, 32, of Norfolk, pleaded guilty today to theft of mail matter by a postal employee. According to a statement of facts, Gordon had been employed by the U.S. Postal Service since December 2010 and worked as a mail processing clerk at the Norfolk Processing and Distribution Center.  In September […]

Former Virginia postal clerk pleads guilty to stealing $7000 and other mail

3/23/16 NORFOLK, Va. – Trazzonna Jacobs, 27, of Virginia Beach, pleaded guilty today to one charge of stealing from the United States Mail. In a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Jacobs, who worked as a postal clerk at the Bayside Postal Station in Virginia Beach, admitted to stealing a $100 gift card […]

Tennessee postal worker charged with stealing mail for 3 years

DOVER, TENN. — A Stewart County postal worker has been charged with keeping mail that she was to deliver. According to an indictment, Cathleen Higgs is charged with theft between $1,000 and $10,000, which is a Class D felony, and with official misconduct, a Class E felony. The indictment says Higgs kept DVDs, gift cards […]

Pennsylvania Postmaster accused of mail theft

A postmaster from a Clearfield County post office is accused of stealing mail. Jodi Cavazza who allegedly took mail from 12 different customers in the Rockton area and stole money, gift cards and lottery tickets, police said. Residents from the area are now saying they do not feel safe to use the mail after the […]

PRC Approves USPS Request To Sell ‘Gift Cards’ At Post Offices

The Postal Regulatory Commission approved USPS’ request to market test gift cards. PRC said in its decision that “Based on the record before it, the Commission finds that the proposed Gift Cards product is a postal service and that the market test is consistent with 39 U.S.C.3641. The Postal Service shall file results of market […]