Kentucky Trio Facing Federal Charges For Mail Theft NASHVILLE, Tenn. – November 20, 2019 – An 11-count indictment returned last week charged three individuals from Trenton, Kentucky with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and theft of mail, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Adam Perrelli, 41, Kaitlin Patterson, 30, and […]
BOSTON – A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was sentenced today for embezzling over $20,000 in payments from customers. Austin Correia, 22, of New Bedford, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris to 24 months of probation, with the first three months to be served in home confinement, and 25 hours […]
11/19/19 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two Huntington men who participated in a scheme to mail marijuana from California to Huntington over a period of several years were sentenced yesteday, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. James Waylon Molinaro ,44, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison after previously entering a guilty plea to possession with […]
11/15/2019 PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA – A federal grand jury in Tallahassee has returned a far-reaching indictment that unveils a criminal network of 29 people who actively worked to defraud the federal government and taxpayers of hundreds of thousands of dollars. At the helm of the scheme, a County Executive Director of the United States Department […]
BOSTON – A Winchester man was arrested yesterday and charged with assaulting a federal postal worker and cocaine possession. Raymond Acevedo, 29, was charged with one count of assaulting a federal postal worker and one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Acevedo was detained following an initial appearance […]
LOS ANGELES – A former United States Postal Service employee was sentenced today to 132 months in federal prison for participating in two armed robberies and one theft of USPS trucks carrying cash – incidents that caused nearly a quarter million dollars in losses and significant trauma to one of its victims who later took […]
The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern District of West Virginia and the Southern District of West Virginia and the FBI are teaming up to educate the aging population the mountain state and their families about the dangers of elder fraud. Today, U.S. Attorneys Bill Powell and Mike Stuart partnered with FBI Special Agent in […]
October 16, 2019 A federal grand jury returned an indictment in early October charging a Tulsa woman with stealing mail and destroying post office boxes at a U.S. Post Office station located in south Tulsa, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. The indictment was unsealed today after Hillary Victoria Ginn, 42, was arrested by U.S. Postal […]
October 7, 2019 ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Allegany, New York has been sentenced in federal court to 2 years probation, ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and complete 50 hours of community service on his conviction of theft of mail by postal employee, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. United States […]
October 8, 2019 BOSTON – A Haitian man who previously resided in Florida was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent abuse of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Informed Delivery electronic notification system. Peter Belony, 34, a Haitian national who resided in Margate, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. District Court […]