US Attorney

Feb 18th

Harrisburg PA Man Sentenced To 18 Months’ Imprisonment For Stealing Thousands Of Dollars’ Worth Of Postage Stamps

2/17/2021 HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Arthur Gibson, age 48, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on February 16, 2021, to 18 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III, for stealing government property. According […]

Feb 18th

Newark NJ Woman Admits Possessing Stolen Mail

2/17/2021 TRENTON, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey woman admitted to unlawfully possessing stolen mail in Hunterdon and Monmouth Counties, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Michele Dearaujo, 37, of Newark, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson to two counts of unlawfully possessing stolen mail. According to documents […]

Jan 15th

Florida man arrested for $1.5 million in mail fraud, false insurance claims through USPS

1/15/2020 A Miami-Dade County resident was arrested on federal charges in connection with a $1.5 million mail and wire fraud scheme that targeted the United States Postal Service. Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Christopher Cave, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG), Southern […]

Jan 9th

Drug Trafficker admits mailing thousands of packages via USPS containing dangerous drugs to customers around the U.S.

Drug Trafficker Admits Mailing Thousands of Packages containing Fentanyl, Methamphetamine and Heroin to Customers around the U.S. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 9, 2020 SAN DIEGO – Erik Alexi Martineau, a U.S. citizen who was living in Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he mailed an estimated 7,800 parcels containing fentanyl, methamphetamine […]

Dec 20th

Man indicted for defrauding USPS of $2 million in maintenance repair charges

Carroll County Man Facing Federal Indictment for Allegedly Overcharging the U.S. Postal Service Under His Company’s Contract to Perform Maintenance and Repair Services at Postal Service Facilities…Allegedly Concealed the Use of Subcontractors and Submitted Fraudulent and Inflated Invoices 12/19/2019 Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted Joseph Liberto, age 45, of New Windsor, […]

Dec 20th

New York Postal Employee pleads guilty to stealing mailed items worth more than $50,000

12/20/2019 ALBANY, NEW YORK – John R. Elbayeh, aka Jean Elbayeh, age 44, of Albany, pled guilty today to stealing Apple iPhones, gold coins, small gold bars and other valuable items from mailed packages while employed as a postal clerk. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Matthew Modafferi, Special […]

Dec 18th

North Carolina man sentenced to over 10 years for assaulting a postal worker

12/18/2019 NEW BERN – United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced DAVID CHRISTOPHER STUART, 33, of Clinton to 130 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. STUART was named in an Indictment filed on November 7, 2018, charging him with assault on […]

Dec 18th

Idaho man sentenced to prison for using the mail to stalk people

12/17/2019 BOISE – Frank Abbott Sweeney, 76, of Garden City, Idaho, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for using the mail to stalk six victims, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also sentenced Sweeney to three years of supervised release and ordered Sweeney to pay a […]

Nov 26th

California Man Sentenced to Over 8 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Two Armed Robberies of USPS Trucks

South L.A. Man Sentenced to More Than 8 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Two Armed Robberies of U.S. Postal Service Trucks 11/25/2019 LOS ANGELES – A South Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison for planning, overseeing and executing two violent daytime armed robberies of United States Postal […]

Nov 25th

Tacoma WA woman charged in 17-count indictment for seven year, $230,000+ benefits fraud scheme

Lied about family status, falsely claimed dependents, stole mail, and used relatives’ ID information to open credit and bank accounts 11/22/19 Seattle – A 39-year-old Tacoma resident was charged today in an indictment alleging wire fraud, theft of public funds, Social Security number misuse, aggravated identity theft, and embezzlement of mail by a postal employee.  […]