1/17/2017 A postal worker in Elmhurst has been charged with financial identity theft and unlawful use of a credit card following an investigation into undelivered bank cards on his route. Eddie London, Jr., 52, of the 10700 block of Eberhardt Avenue, Chicago, was arrested following a joint investigation by the Elmhurst Police Department and the […]
A federal grand jury sitting in Macon, Georgia returned an indictment against a resident of Columbus, Georgia on Nov. 9, which was unsealed today, for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman […]
First, it was an email from a credit card company confirming an application that Renee Rosado had not submitted. “They say, ‘Oh you applied for a credit card,’” Rosado said. Then a suspiciously empty mailbox. “Well, I hadn’t gotten mail for a while,” Rosado said. Rosado suspected the two were connected and someone was tampering […]
WICHITA, KAN. – Thirteen people are charged in a federal indictment unsealed alleging they used stolen identities in an effort to spend or access more than $3.5 million of other people’s money and credit, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. The indictment alleges the conspirators divided up the work of stealing from mailboxes, forging identification […]
Theft of over $10 million in United States Treasury checks from a United States Postal Facility in Atlanta Eight Individuals Arrested, Five in Custody, Sixteen Indicted April 23, 2015 ATLANTA, GA – Sixteen defendants have been indicted for stealing over $10 million in U.S. Treasury checks from the mail and then cashing them at Walmart, […]
Ex-Abington PA postal worker admits scamming customers via smartphone April 16, 2015 – A Pennsylvania postal worker pleaded guilty Thursday in Montgomery County Court to credit card fraud stemming from his now former employment at the U.S. Post Office in Abington. Rashaad Schell, 25, of the 5500 block of North 3rd Street, pleaded guilty to […]
LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas – Thieves are taking mail from outside Liberty County post offices. Now the sheriff’s office says residents are complaining about their bank and credit card information being stolen. The sheriff’s office issued a notice Friday. They say someone broke into the outside mailboxes at the post office in Hardin and Daisetta. In […]
Alabama Letter Carrier Sentenced to 111 months in Prison For His Role In a Tax Refund Scheme Alabama Medical Clerk Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme that Involved Corrupt U.S. Postal Service Employee 12.18.14 – An Alabama woman was sentenced today to serve 70 months in prison for her involvement in […]
November 26, 2014 – TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Rashad Lamond Anderson, 23, of Tampa, Annecia Bellandra Larkins, 23, and Tavin Gernard Larkins, 23, both of Havana, and Almecia Endelease Pillers, 21, of Quincy, were sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Mark Walker after pleading guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States, theft of government […]
A Portland letter carrier will be arraigned Friday on accusations of mail and identity theft after an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service and the Portland Police Bureau. A Portland letter carrier will be arraigned Friday on accusations of mail and identity theft after an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service and the Portland Police […]