USPS OIG: Taking Stock of Stamp Inventory Controls

Postage stamps, records manipulation, and a clandestine call to report suspicions. It has the makings of a good series to binge watch on a rainy weekend. Instead, it’s a recent audit report on improving the controls around stamp stock at postal retail outlets. And it started with a call to our Hotline to report suspicious […]

Former USPS Manager of Louisiana Post Office Pleads Guilty To Stealing Over $630,000 in Stamps

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that RYAN S. CORTEZ, age 46, of Des Allemands, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty Friday, February 22, 2019 to Misappropriation of Postal Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1711. According to court records, special agents with the U.S. Postal […]

Louisiana USPS manager Charged with Misappropriation of Postal Funds

Louisiana USPS manager stole over $630K worth of stamps, sold them on eBay 11/15/18 NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced yesterday that RYAN S. CORTEZ, former Supervisor and Manager of Customer Service Operations at the North Kenner Post Office located at 390 West Esplanade Avenue, was charged in a Bill of […]

Louisiana USPS manager stole over $630K worth of stamps, sold them on eBay

Manager of Kenner Post Office Arrested by Federal Authorities 10/10/18 NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the arrest of RYAN S. CORTEZ, Manager of Customer Service Operations at the North Kenner Post Office located at 390 West Esplanade Avenue.  CORTEZ, age 46, of Des Allemands, Louisiana, was arrested by special […]