WICHITA, KAN. – A former secretary/treasurer of the Letter Carriers Branch 1412 in Garden City pleaded guilty today to embezzling more than $20,000 from the union. Lanny F. Pauley, 67, Garden City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement by a labor organization officer. In his plea he admitted that from 2002 to 2007 […]
Baltimore, Maryland – (August 30, 2011) U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake, sentenced James M. Russell, age 49, of Brandywine, Maryland, today to six months in prison, followed by six months of home detention and two years of supervised release, for theft of mail while he was employed by the U.S. Postal Service. Judge Blake […]
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 […]
Mail Carrier allegedly “voluntarily quit and deserted those commercial circulars” on several occasions before delivering them to postal patrons July 8, 2011 – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced the filing today in U.S. District Court in Williamsport of an Information against a former employee of the United States […]
June 16, 2011 – Hammond, Indiana—The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following: Chopper Loughran, 29, of Lake Station, Indiana, was charged in an indictment with two counts of making false statements in connection with Federal Workers’ Compensation Benefits. Loughran was employed as a United States Postal Service Letter Carrier at the Glen Park, Indiana […]
June 15, 2011- CAMDEN, N.J. – Lord T. Beyah pleaded guilty today to assaulting a postal employee during the robbery of a post office in Mizpah, N.J., on July 14, 2010, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Beyah, 48, a/k/a “Chance Burgess,” pleaded guilty to an Information, which charged him with assaulting a postal employee […]
Used the Money Orders to Pay Bills or for Cash Greenbelt, Maryland – Former U.S. Postal Service employee Lamonica Henderson, age 42, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to misappropriation of postal funds in connection with a scheme to issue and convert to her own use over $78,000 in Postal Service money orders. The […]
One Defendant Admits Receiving Nearly $175,000 by Submitting/False Fraudulent Mileage Claims DALLAS — Two former U.S. Postal Service letter carriers from the Dallas area have been indicted, in unrelated cases, on charges of stealing government funds with regard to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program (OWCP) claims they filed, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks […]
Press Release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District Of Alabama June 1, 2011 BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury today indicted a Huntsville man for embezzling from the America Postal Workers Union while he was president of a union local in Madison, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance. The one-count indictment filed in U.S. […]
The following is a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office, Northern District of Alabama: BIRMINGHAM – A vehicle maintenance supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring to defraud the Postal Service of more than $300,000 in a billing kick-back scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Postal […]