SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – On June 15, 2015, PENNY I. AUERBACH (47), former Postmaster Relief at the Westford Post Office in Otsego County, New York, was sentenced in United States District Court after pleading guilty to one count of stealing money orders and cash from the United States Postal Service and one count of misappropriating […]
TULSA, Okla.—The results of the June 2015 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The following individuals have been charged (separately) with violations of United States law in indictments returned by the Grand Jury. The return of an indictment is a method […]
May 27, 2015 United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Florence, South Carolina, returned Indictment against Melvin Lewis Jones: Melvin Lewis Jones, age 58, of Bennettsville, South Carolina was charged in a 1-count indictment. Melvin Lewis Jones was charged with stealing money from the mail by a postal employee, […]
USPS OIG Report Paints Bright Future for Postal Banking 05/21/2015 – A report by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released May 21 outlines the next steps for implementing postal banking, in which post offices would offer basic financial services – providing affordable banking transactions to every zip code in the US, while strengthening […]
From the USPS Office of Inspector General: The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service has released a new white paper exploring a series of potential approaches the Postal Service could take for expanding its financial services offerings. The report is a follow up to a January 2014 white paper on non-bank postal […]
Florida mail carrier indicted on Federal Charges For Flying Gyrocopter to U.S. Capitol Grounds Doug Hughes Faces Up to 9 1/2 Years in Prison for Six Felony and Misdemeanor Offenses May 20, 2015 WASHINGTON – Douglas Hughes, 61, of Ruskin, Fla., was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from the April […]
CHICAGO — Two Postal Service employees were arrested today for allegedly opening and stealing the contents of Express Mail and Priority Mail parcels, which included narcotics. The defendants, Aramis Brown and Zaphronsia Wheeler, were arrested following an investigation by United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (Postal OIG) and the United States Postal Inspection […]
USPS OIG: Vehicle Maintenance Facility Efficiency Nationwide – Capping Report Background The vehicles owned by the U.S. Postal Service represent a capital investment of nearly $3.6 billion. The fleet is maintained using 316 Postal Service vehicle maintenance facilities that service 211,264 vehicles. The Postal Service also contracts with commercial garages throughout the country for maintenance […]
Statement by Mark Dimondstein on USPS Inspector General’s Report on Questionable Sales of Historic Post Offices by USPS’s Real Estate Firm, CBRE 04/29/2015 – Washington – The Inspector General’s report on the Postal Service’s real estate transactions with CBRE is a stinging indictment of the way the USPS has sold off post offices and other facilities. […]
April 27, 2017 USPS OIG: Postal Service Management of CBRE Real Estate Transactions Audit Report Under a June 2011 contract, CBRE Group, Inc. (CBRE) is the sole provider of real estate management services for the U.S. Postal Service. These services include marketing and sale of properties and conducting lease negotiations. In fiscal years 2012 and […]