California Postal Worker Sentenced To Prison For Workers’ Compensation Fraud

January 9,2012 FRESNO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today Chief United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced Karina S. Beard, 44, of Turlock, to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for four counts of mail fraud and two counts of federal workers’ […]

Former Senior Exec For USPS Sentenced To Two Years in Prison for Bribery

Defendant Offered Contracts in Return For Money, Took $15,000 – WASHINGTON – Ron Middlebrooks, a former senior executive with the U.S. Postal Service, was sentenced today to two years of incarceration on a bribery charge stemming from his acceptance of $15,000 in cash from a businessman he promised to reward with government contracts, U.S. Attorney […]

Texas letter carrier gets prison and must pay $244,320 for theft of mail

Dallas, Texas letter carrier pleaded guilty  to 86 Treasury checks from the mail at the Juanita Craft Station, with an intended loss of of $323,742. The following is a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas: DALLAS, Texas — At a sentencing hearing held yesterday afternoon, Tobian McRuffin, of Glenn […]

Former Maryland Letter Carrier Convicted Of Destroying Mail

The following is a press release from U.S. Attorney’s Office, Maryland Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal jury convicted Warren Christopher Bradford, age 41, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, late yesterday of destroying mail he was entrusted to deliver as a Postal Service letter carrier. The conviction was announced by United States Attorney for the District of […]

Postal Employee Indicted For Cashing More Than $41,000 In Money Orders

Press Release from US Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota A United States Postal Service (“USPS”) employee was indicted in federal court for allegedly stealing and cashing approximately 80 money orders totaling more than $41,000 for her personal use. The indictment, which was filed with the U.S. District Court earlier today, charges Linda Kay […]

California Postal Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement And Theft Charges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that AUDRY MAE SIMMONS, 57, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement and theft charges before United States Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd. This case is the product of an investigation by the United States Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General. According to […]