1/30/2020 NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County man was arrested today for bribing a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee to steal check books, credit cards, and electronics from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jabre Beauvoir, 21, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of bribery and one count of […]
12/17/2019 RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for packages believed to contain marijuana that had been sent through the United States mails. According to court documents, Christopher Grant, 59, accepted multiple bribes over a nearly one-year period from several different individuals while […]
11/26/2019 SPRINGFIELD — A federal judge sentenced a former U.S. Postal Service vehicle maintenance yard supervisor to one year plus one day in prison for extorting two local towing company operators for $56,000 in “taxes” to award them business from the government. Kenneth LaFlamme, 55, formerly of Springfield and now of Fort Myers, Florida, was […]
October 15 2019 NEWARK, N.J. – Two New Jersey men were sentenced today to prison terms for their roles in a scheme to bribe mail carriers to steal credit cards from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Olagoke Araromi, 22, of Union, New Jersey, was sentenced to 61 months in prison. He previously pleaded […]
10/11/18 SPRINGFIELD — A former maintenance supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service has been charged with bribery and witness tampering in U.S. District Court. Kenneth LaFlamme, 54, formerly of Springfield, now of Fort Myers, Florida, is scheduled to for arraignment on Oct. 29 in connection with shaking down two local tow company operators for bribes […]