A Tampa postal inspector resigned in disgrace in July and admits to embezzling $5,000 in mailed money orders before reporting his lapse to a superior, a new court record shows. John P. Ebsworth-Mojica, 40, said in a plea agreement filed Wednesday that he took a parcel containing five Postal Service money orders worth $1,000 each, […]
Two Postal Support Employees (PSEs) facing mail theft of money orders According to court documents, Brandon Dandridge faces mail theft charges after several money orders from customers never made it to their destination. In some of the cases, the customer filed a complaint with the post office, only to find out the money orders had […]
Clearfield postal worker accused of taking money JOHNSTOWN – United States Attorney David J. Hickton announces that a criminal information has been filed in federal court in Johnstown charging a U.S. Postal Service employee with misappropriation of postal funds. The one-count information named Christina M. Belko, aka Christina M. Sopic, 28, of 11226 Krebs Highway, […]
MEDFORD, Ore. — It was an act of bravery and quick thinking at the Medford post office when a postal worker put an end to fake money orders circulating around the state. Mark Hawkins is a Sales Associate at the Medford post office on Riverside when he recognized a familiar problem in his own store […]
JOSEPH HIGHTOWER says U.S. postal investigators agree he got ripped off last year when he bought a $600 money order to pay his rent. But no one in the Postal Service can tell Hightower when he’ll be refunded the cash he paid to a postal worker at the 30th near Chestnut Street branch on Nov. […]
PITTSBURGH – A former Postal Service employee was sentenced today in federal court to six months imprisonment, three years supervised release and restitution of $55,362.90 on her conviction of misappropriation of postal funds by a postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Senior United States District Judge Maurice B. Cohill imposed sentence […]
(September 13, 2014) A former Pikeville, Kentucky postal worker was sentenced to serve nine months in prison on charges of misappropriation of postal funds and selling oxycodone. According to court records, Sherry Jo Justice, 53, of Pikeville,was sentenced Tuesday to serve nine months in prison and three years of supervised release in connection with the […]
March 6, 2015 – Update: The former PMR has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for stealing mail and embezzling postal money orders. Maine Postmaster Relief pleads guilty to stealing over $20,000 worth of mail and money orders August 19, 2014 – A former Postmaster Relief (PMR) at the post office in East […]
DOJ: Office in Charge sentenced to 3 years’ probation, to pay $8K MADISON, WIS. — John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason L. Nichols, 30, Rewey, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lynn S. Adelman to three years of probation for fraudulently issuing money orders, […]
ALBUQUERQUE – Kristi K. Sepkowitz, 55, of Alto, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a felony information charging her with embezzling money belonging to the United States. Sepkowitz was the Postmaster of the Capitan Post Office in Lincoln County, N.M., when she committed the offense to which she […]