California Postal Worker Convicted Of Paying For Money Orders With Counterfeit Bills

OAKLAND, Calif. – Emmanuel Odion Esezobor was convicted by a federal jury yesterday of one count of theft of public money and seven counts of passing counterfeit U.S. obligations, United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Special Agent in Charge Nichole Cooper of the Postal Service Office of Inspector General’s Pacific Area Field Office, and Special Agent […]

Florida Letter Carrier Admits Role in Scheme To Steal Tax Refund Checks from Mail

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that Victor Manual Pena (42, Bronx, New York) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft or receipt of stolen mail. Pena faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. In addition, Carmelo Rosado, Jr. (40, Orlando) has signed a plea agreement, whereby […]

Former Postmaster Relief Sentenced for Embezzling Money Orders

ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Titusville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to one year probation and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,339.94 on her conviction of misappropriation of postal funds, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Senior United States District Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Jr. imposed the […]

Former postal worker is charged with stealing Netflix videos, gift cards

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former postal employee was charged in federal court today with stealing hundreds of Netflix movies, gift cards and other mail. Felipe S. Lara, 35, of Blue Springs, Mo., waived his right to a grand jury and was […]

Two Massachusetts Postal Employees Charged With Selling Drugs While On Duty

BOSTON – Two United States Postal Service employees, along with two others, were indicted on drug trafficking charges. GERARD HARRINGTON, 48, of Stoneham; JOHN THIBEDEAU, 48, of Waltham; SEAN WILLIAMSON, 41, of Peabody; and WILLIAM ZULUAGA, 57, of East Boston, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of […]

Glens Falls NY Letter Carrier Admits Stealing Mail

Press Release from the US Attorney’s Office, Northern District Of New York UNITED STATES ATTORNEY RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN announced that DOUGLAS HARRINGTON pled guilty today before Senior United States District Court Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, in Albany, New York, to the felony offense of theft of mail matter by a postal employee. Sentencing for HARRINGTON […]

2 Postmasters, 1 Letter Carrier charged with theft

“Three area U.S. Postal Service employees, including two village postmasters and a former letter carrier from Toledo, have been charged in unrelated cases in U.S. District Court in Toledo with violating federal postal laws.” see more info from Toledo (Ohio)Blade Press Release from the United States Attorney Northern District of Ohio Criminal charges were filed […]

Missouri Postmaster Gets Prison In $3.8 Million Bulk Mailings Fraud Scheme

The is a press release  from the United Stes Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri St. Louis, MO – ( August 26, 2011) The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Teresa Tremusini, Festus  Postmaster, was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release.  In June she was convicted […]

USPS Executive Pleads Guilty To Bribery

 Offered Contracts in Return For Payments The U.S. Attorney’s office  for the District of Columbia issued the following press  release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2011  —Ron Middlebrooks, a former senior executive with the U.S. Postal Service, pled guilty today to a bribery charge stemming from his acceptance of $15,000 in cash from a businessman he promised […]

New Mexico USPS Window Clerk Gets Prison For Embezzling Over $80,000

ALBUQUERQUE (August 18, 2011) – This afternoon, a United States District Judge sentenced Yolanda Vallejos, a 48-year-old resident of Albuquerque, to a two-month term of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction for theft of federal government property. Vallejos also was ordered to pay $97,025.44 in restitution to the […]