1/13/2020 PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Former U.S. Postal Service employee Elizabeth Shante Brown, 29, of Panama City, Florida, was sentenced last week to serve 25 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing and using debit cards and checks from postal customers, as well as cash from Post Offices. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for […]
May 18, 2018 — Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. sent letters to Sen. Charles Schumer, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, Rep. Nita Lowey and Rep. Elliot Engel this week calling on them to pressure the U.S. Postal Service to focus its attention and manpower on ending the rash of mail theft in communities throughout […]
You feel like a victim every day.” If there was a poster child for identity theft. It would be this woman. Violated so many times, she and her husband are scared to show their identity. “Probably about a dozen times all together,” she said. It’s not that they’re not careful. “We’re very careful. We’re going […]
9/18/2017 BOSTON – Roukayatou Damerogo, 32, a citizen of the Republic of Togo, residing in East Hartford, Conn., was arrested on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, and charged in federal court in Boston with one count of identity theft and one count of mail fraud. U.S Magistrate Judge David H. Hennessy scheduled a detention and probable […]
9/11/2017 A federal jury sitting in Columbus, Georgia returned a guilty verdict against a U.S. postal worker for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney G. F. Peterman III for the Middle District of Georgia. […]
7/27/17 Today, a federal jury convicted a West Palm Beach resident of conspiring with his brother, a United States Postal Service Letter Carrier, to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Benjamin G. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Rafiq Ahmad, Special Agent in Charge, United States Department of […]
HOUSTON – A 26-year-old Houston postal worker may already be back on the job just one day after being charged by the feds. D’angela Domio [a City Carrier Assistant for two years] and five others are accused of preying on people’s personal information and stealing money. The six suspects all face “theft of public money” […]
They come wearing a uniform we all trust: the United States Postal Service. But the women making huge purchases, authorities say, are pulling an incredible ruse that’s already damaged hundreds of lives across South Florida. The hunt is on to find those still on the loose who are pulling off one of the most clever […]
2/18/16 In San Antonio this week 31-year-old Michael McKinney had his initial appearance before U. S. Magistrate Judge Henry J. Bemporad on charges of possession of stolen mail, access device fraud, financial institution fraud and aggravated identity theft announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Team Leader Michael R. […]
Montgomery, AL –A Phenix City, Alabama resident was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $116,636 in restitution for her role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. […]