ALBANY, GA — The following information was released by the Office of the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Nathaniel M. Johnson, aged 57, of Albany, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands on Thursday, […]
Sea Star Line LLC and Horizon Lines LLC have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by fixing the price of government cargo transportation contracts between the continental United States and Puerto Rico, the Department of Justice announced today. Under the settlement agreements, Sea Star Line has agreed to pay $1.9 […]
BUFFALO, N.Y.– U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Richard Klaffka, 56, of Holland, N.Y., was charged by criminal complaint in connection with the defendant’s receipt of benefits from the Veterans’ Administration and Workers’ Compensation under false pretenses. Klaffka is charged with making false statements, mail fraud, wire fraud, and fraud. The charges […]
A former Kentucky window clerk, Sherry Jo Justice, has pleaded not guilty to charges of misappropriation of postal funds, theft of postal money orders and two counts of narcotics distribution. According to news report from the Appalachian News Express: A Pikeville woman will face an April trial date in a case that alleges she, as […]
ATLANTA – Kendrick Watkins and Charles Jackson have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, armed postal robbery, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, in connection with the robbery and near-fatal shooting of a postal truck driver in Conley, Ga., on December 20, 2013. “The victim in this case–an […]
NEWARK, N.J. – The owner of Clevett Worldwide Mailers LLC, a Succasunna, N.J., bulk mailing house, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for defrauding clients of more than $1 million through a fraudulent bulk-mailing scheme in which he shredded millions of pieces of mail rather than delivering them, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman […]
PITTSBURGH – A Leetsdale, Pa., woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of theft of mail by postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The three-count indictment, returned on Feb. 18, named Michelle M. Frizzell, 44, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment, Frizzell, being […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — A former carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, who pleaded guilty in October 2013 to one count of possession of stolen mail, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Fort Worth, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
May 30, 2014 Update – (Post-Journal) Former Frewsburg Postmaster Gets Probation, Home Detention For Pocketing $14,000 – The former Frewsburg postmaster who was charged with pocketing more than $14,000 in U.S. Postal Service money was sentenced Wednesday to 2 years of probation and 6 months of home detention with electronic monitoring. Feb. 20, 2014 BUFFALO […]
MADISON, WIS. — John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Katie Dassow, 26, Medford, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 30 days in jail for theft of mail by a postal employee. This term of imprisonment will be followed by two years of […]