Video: Post Office investigates mail missing in Clifton Forge, VA

CLIFTON FORGE, Va. (WDBJ) While the letter was unexpected, they have to admit, in the end, they weren’t surprised. The folks who showed us the letter from the Post Office said they had been complaining about missing mail for a while. PIN numbers for credit cards that didn’t come, medicine from the VA that failed to arrive. The […]

Video: Postal Inspector’s Office investigating mysterious mailers

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – We’re learning the United States Postal Service is investigating mysterious postcards falsely using the FOX4 studios as a return address. We’ve received nearly a dozen more today. It’s been a hectic 24 hours for Beatrice Schwartz. “I’ve had so many phone calls between yesterday and today,” explained Schwartz. Half of them […]

Postal Inspectors ring twice to return $14 million to victims of Moneygram Scam

“The postman always rings twice” is the title of a movie that has nothing to do with the mail. Today, it’s Postal Inspectors who are ringing twice, this time delivering 3,440 refund checks totaling more than $14 million to fraud victims. The restitution ranges from several hundred dollars to more than $249,000 for one victim […]

New York mail carriers have armed Postal Inspectors as escorts after shootings

TROY – Residents have been concerned for more than a year about shooting incidents in the North Central and Lansingburgh neighborhoods and now mail carriers report feeling threatened by the groups, authorities said. Four mail carriers who work in the area have armed escorts from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service accompanying them on their rounds. […]

Florida Letter Carrier Charged in identity theft tax refund scheme and mail theft

Yesterday, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, joined by members of the Strike Force, announced “Twenty-Five Defendants Charged in Separate Schemes That Resulted in Thousands of Identities Stolen and Millions of Dollars in Identity Theft Tax Filings.” The cases announced yesterday include: United States v. Marlon Maikel Palacios, Case […]

Video: 750 victimized in scam involving counterfeit money orders

MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Who doesn’t want to make a little extra money on the side? You’ve seen the ads for those work-from-home jobs — but Contact 6 says it’s not worth your time. Counterfeit money orders are at the heart of a scam that starts with victims responding to a job ad that says: “Receive […]

Video: Postal Inspectors: You could be a victim of mail theft and not even know it

Reno, NV– The U-S Postal Service is providing a timely reminder. If you have missing packages or other gift items, don’t assume they are “lost in the mail.” You could be a victim of mail theft and not even know it. Postal Inspector Vicki Lenard said, “Definitely file a complaint and the easiest way to […]

Up to $5,000 Reward Offered for the Burglary of Golden, MO Post Office

Press Release announcing the reward: On 8/2/2013 the Golden Post Office was burglarized.   Unknown persons entered the post office by damaging the interior door located in the lobby area.  The United States Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward up to 5,000 for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or […]

EEO Complaint Alleges Postal Police Officers Denied USPS Paid Benefit Offered To Postal Inspectors

Did USPS properly addressed a Postal Police Officer’s class claim allegation that she was discriminated against because the USPS does not offer self-referral counseling to its Postal Police Officers? In a complaint dated June 22, 2008, a Postal Police Officer (PPO) in USPS’s Los Angeles Post Office in Pasadena, California maintained that she was subjected […]