From the USPS Office of Inspector General:
In today’s world of package tracking and interconnectivity, an email from the U.S. Postal Service or even our Inspector General regarding mail delivery might seem legitimate.
That’s what the scammers want you to think. Continue reading
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man entered a guilty plea to the felony offense of stealing mail from a Post Office, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua Hanshaw, 37, faces up to 5 years of incarceration and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced on August 15, 2019. He will also be required to pay restitution back to the United States Treasury and any mail theft victims. Stuart praised the work of the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Charleston Police Department. Continue reading
The U.S Postal Service wants to impose a longer walk to the mailbox on residents of new neighborhoods, requiring “cluster” boxes in a single location, similar to those in apartment complexes. Continue reading
CLEVELAND — Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stop the US Postal Service but in Ohio City, something apparently is. Continue reading
POLK CITY, Fla. (WFLA) – Felix Stantiago says he was stunned when his mail stopped showing up at his mailbox. Then, he discovered that a stranger had requested a two-week hold of his mail. Continue reading
Daron Tarver, a thirteen year veteran postal inspector from Northern California, faces up to five years in federal prison after being charged with stealing money orders from the mail. Tarver is alleged to have enlisted the help of a supervisor at a Modesto post office with whom he was in a relationship. The supervisor would send Tarver photos of suspicious packages, and he would tell her which items he wanted her to hold for him. Tarver would open the packages and remove money orders, presumably the proceeds from drug shipments, before resealing the packages. Continue reading
Memphis, TN –Representatives from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Tennessee, Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and the Memphis Police Department (MPD) today announced a reward of up to $100,000 in a renewed effort to gain additional information about the 2001 unsolved murder of U.S. Postal Service Contract Driver Larry Vinson. Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. — An employee with the United States Postal Service tells CBS 6 Problem Solvers she’s been unable to work for weeks after a traumatizing incident on the job and she’s not getting workers’ compensation while on medical leave. Continue reading
A former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to fourteen months in prison for stealing electronic devices from mail shipments and directing others to sell the stolen devices at pawn shops and on online marketplaces. Continue reading
