OIG: USPS COVID-19 Response Could Have Been Better

The USPS Office of Inspector General reviewed the postal service’s response to the COVID 19 pandemic, and issued the following findings and recommendations: While we recognize the challenges facing the Postal Service during the pandemic, we identified three areas where the Postal Service can better protect its employees: (1) face covering policy, (2) contact tracing […]

APWU: Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period, New Leave Year

Reminder, in accordance with Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, penalty overtime rules are not applicable for a consecutive four-week period each year during December. This year, the December period begins November 28, 2020 (Pay Period 25-20-Week 2) and ends December 25, 2020 (Pay Period 01-21-Week 1). USPS 2021 Pay […]

Florida Postal Worker Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than 230 Pieces Of Mail

11/20/2020 Jacksonville, Florida – Terrell Andre Mosely (40, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee. Mosely faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and payment of restitution to victims of his crime. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to court documents, in August 2019, […]

Connecticut Postal Employee Charged with Stealing Cash and Gift Cards from Letters

11/20/2020 John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging NATHANIEL BONILLA, 31, of Bristol, with three counts of theft of mail by […]

Former Washington Postal Worker sentenced to prison for 7-year public assistance fraud scheme, mail theft

Lied about household composition, using fake identities and forged documents to collect benefits she was not entitled to receive 11/18/2020 Seattle –A 40-year-old Tacoma resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 27 months in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and embezzlement of mail by a postal employee.  ILIGANOA THERESA […]

Fresno California Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Assaulting a Postal Worker

11/17/2020 FRESNO, Calif. — Pablo G. Rivera, 36, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to two years and six months in prison for assault on federal officer or employee, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court documents, on Jan. 19, 2019, Rivera forcibly assaulted a U.S. Postal […]

Ohio postal carrier sentenced to prison for stealing, selling meth & marijuana contained in mail packages

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former United States Postal Carrier was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 24 months in prison for stealing mail parcels that contained narcotics and then selling those narcotics in his neighborhood. Ricky Lee Harris Germany, 33, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in September 2019 to one count of conspiring to possess […]

Audio recording shows Pennsylvania postal worker recanting ballot-tampering claim

WaPo: In an interview this week with federal agents, a Pennsylvania postal worker walked back his allegation that a supervisor had tampered with mailed ballots, saying he had made “assumptions” based on overheard snippets of conversation, according to an audio recording of the interview posted online Wednesday by activists who have championed his cause. The two-hour […]

Postal Worker at center of voter fraud controversy placed on emergency leave from USPS

BREAKING: GoFundMe Removes Richard Hopkins page he set up in anticipation of losing his job. USPS retaliated. He is doubling down on statements ballots were backdated to Nov 3. Full Audio of federal agent interrogation tomorrow! GO HERE TO SUPPORT HIM https://t.co/SH14Zi6dOl pic.twitter.com/xrvxhiGwmJ — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 11, 2020