BOSTON – A Springfield man was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 in federal court in Springfield for breaking into a postal vehicle and stealing the mail inside. Continue reading RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The U.S. Postal Service is warning about a scam that’s making its way around the area by criminals who hoping victims will fall for it because they might get caught up in financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a variation on the “mystery shopper” scam that previously used what appeared to be real checks. Now, the criminals use fake U.S. Postal Service Money Orders. A victim would not expect to find cash just sitting in a mailbox for no apparent reason, but that’s exactly what criminals want their targets to think when they send a letter asking a person to accomplish a simple task for cash. Here’s how it works: Continue reading: New scam uses fake US Postal Service money orders, gets victims to buy gift cards as ‘mystery shopper’ | CBS 17 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A United States Postal Service employee has been charged for willfully obstructing the passage of mail, announced U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman. Continue reading Rachel Maddow reports on the speed of U.S.P.S. mail delivery still not having recovered from the damage done over the summer by the political donor Donald Trump put in charge of the Postal Service, raising concerns for states with hard deadlines for mail-in ballots, particularly the battleground state of Michigan. Aired on 10/23/2020. Source: Trump-damaged Postal Service still lagging in key states raising mail-in ballot concerns [Video] VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) — The 2020 presidential election is unprecedented. Continue reading INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Postal workers in the Greater Indiana District said beginning Monday they will take extraordinary measures to find missing ballots. Continue reading NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A reward of up to $35,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of robbing a mail carrier in North Hollywood. Continue reading John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, announced that ZOHEB A. DEURA, 34, of Stratford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to embezzlement of mail by a U.S. Postal Service employee. Continue reading Cammy J. Gillett, 44, Cameron, Wisconsin, is charged with misappropriating postal funds from March 2019 through July 2020. The indictment alleges that while an employee of the U.S. Postal Service, she converted to her own use more than $1,000 in U.S. Postal money orders. Continue reading
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Springfield MA Man Sentenced for Damaging Postal Vehicle and Stealing Mail
New scam uses fake US Postal Service money orders, gets victims to buy gift cards as ‘mystery shopper’
Feds Charge Kentucky Postal Worker With Destroying Mail
Top postalnews.com stories of the week October 18-24
Trump-damaged Postal Service still lagging in key states raising mail-in ballot concerns
USPS shares how mail-in ballots are delivered in unprecedented election
Postal Service to take ‘extraordinary efforts’ to find missing Indiana ballots
$35K reward offered after mail carrier robbed in North Hollywood
Postal Supervisor in Middletown CT Admits Stealing Packages
Wisconsin Postal Worker Charged with Misappropriating Funds & Faking Records
