ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Complaints by nearly two dozen University of Central Florida students that their mail was tampered with has launch an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service. Last fall workers at a Postal Service distribution center noticed a letter that arrived at the center had been opened. Since that time 19 more opened […]
SAN DIEGO – Identity theft involving stolen tax refunds is one of the fastest growing forms of identity theft in the United States. Taxpayers can encounter identity theft involving their tax returns in several ways. One instance is where identity thieves try filing fraudulent refund claims using another person’s identifying information, which has been stolen. […]
A female Postal Inspector filed a formal EEO complaint on March 29, 2005 alleging that the Postal Service denied her promotional opportunities based on race and sex. She stated that these non-selections were part of a continuing pattern of discriminatory promotion practices. The female Postal Inspector was seeking class certification for all African-American female Postal […]
MILWAUKEE, WI — One criminal sought revenge through the U.S. Postal Service and damaged the credit of more than a dozen victims! One of the victims, who didn’t want to be identified, said, “You don’t know why it’s happening or who did it to you. Did we make someone mad, irate that they are trying […]
NEW YORK — Identity theft is bad enough if it happens once. But Maria Chen was a victim twice. Chen said her identity was stolen online and the suspect literally took everything. “He had withdrawn all of my money out of the bank and opened up credit cards in my name.” Chen’s bank alerted her. […]
In an unusual twist, a postal clerk tipped Inspector Bolz off to a victim being targeted by two rival groups of foreign lottery scammers. “He was standing in line at the Post Office ready to mail a package as one of these groups directed him when he received a phone call on his cell phone […]
MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Robert Saks is behind bars for orchestrating an international bank fraud scheme that stole $34 million. At the heart of the scam was a “lead list” that included bank customer names and account information.