Cleveland postal workers claim Overtime hours not paid correctly, they’re getting money orders

CLEVELAND — New allegations of problems now coming out of the main Cleveland Post Office. Some postal workers said they’re not being paid correctly for overtime, and when they are paid, it’s with money orders. “It makes me…It makes me very upset,” said Bre’Ahnna McNairy from Cleveland. She told us she had been working as […]

New Jersey Postal Employee Charged With Fraud Involving Stolen Blank Postal Money Orders

8/16/17 CAMDEN, N.J. – A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee and three others were charged in connection with a $100,000 fraud involving numerous stolen blank money orders, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today. Marc Saunders, 39, of Sicklerville, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with stealing a money order imprinting machine and over […]

Seven Brooklyn residents stole over $100K by cashing USPS Money Orders Multiple Times

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 […]

Iowa Postmaster indicted on misappropriation charges

5/13/16 NORA SPRINGS – Nora Springs’s former postmaster has been charged with allegedly stealing from the postal service. A federal grand jury handed up an indictment charging DeAnn C. Lewman with two counts of misappropriate of postal funds and 42 counts of false entries. The indictment was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cedar […]

New Jersey Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Steal And Cash Hundreds Of Postal Money Orders

5/3/16 NEWARK, N.J. – A Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to steal and convert hundreds of blank U.S. Postal Service money orders, resulting in nearly $200,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Jonel Normil, 26, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to […]

North Carolina post office under investigation for alleged employee theft

5/3/16 WHITEVILLE – An embezzlement investigation is ongoing at a U.S. Postal Service office in Columbus County by the Sheriff’s Office, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Detectives were told of the alleged theft by an employee late last month, and expect to obtain a warrant soon, spokeswoman Michelle Tatum said. A total of $4,855 was believed […]

Three Connecticut Residents Charged with Cashing over $300,000 in Stolen Postal Money Orders

4/28/16 Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a 15-count indictment charging MARC ALEXANDER, 35, of Stratford and Oxford, RACHAEL ALEXANDER, also known as Rachael Vierling, 38, of Stratford and Oxford, and BERNARD HARRIS, 42, of Bridgeport, with participating […]

Maine Postmaster Relief gets probation for stealing over $1,600

BANGOR, Maine — A Winter Harbor woman was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to three years probation for stealing more than $1,600 from money order payments while working as a relief postmaster in Sullivan, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.  Sandra Melnick, 53, also was ordered to pay $1,629.55 in restitution, a release issued […]