Connecticut Postmaster Lands in Federal Prison for Bribery Scheme
Date: 02/26/25 | Category: Contract Fraud
A postmaster at a post office in Connecticut is serving a four-year prison sentence after he defrauded the Postal Service of over $930,000. The scheme started in 2022, when the postmaster approached a local repair shop manager hinting about potential bribe payments in exchange for a large increase in vehicle repair work. The manager for the USPS vendor accepted and the postmaster started bringing...
With a massive operation that delivers mail daily to over 160 million addresses in America, the Postal Service relies on many contractors to meet its ever-growing needs. But hundreds of contracts with countless transactions can be fertile ground for fraudsters. Take the Postal Service’s Facilities portfolio, which manages about 50,000 repairs and maintenance jobs yearly. Those contracts cost the...
Happiness Isn’t a Crime, Is It? No, but Fraud Certainly Is.
Date: 11/27/24 | Category: Health Care Claimant Fraud
When we started this series, we featured a case where a mail carrier filed for workers’ compensation after an on-the-job ankle injury — a fraudulent claim she milked for 14 years. But a more recent case has broken that mold: it involves a mail handler who sustained an injury at work and defrauded the Postal Service and the U.S. Department of Labor for 19 years.
USPS Wins $2M Settlement after Successful Contract Fraud Investigation
Date: 08/28/24 | Category: Contract Fraud
Rebates aren’t really rebates when a seller is fixing prices behind your back to make it seem like you’re getting a deal when you’re actually paying more. The Postal Service fell victim to such a fraud some years ago with a diesel fuel and gasoline provider. And with a massive fleet of postal delivery vehicles, you can imagine the scope of the fraud.
Date: 04/24/24 | Category: Health Care Claimant Fraud
If you caught our last story on healthcare claimant fraud, you would have read that all federal workers’ compensation claim forms make two things abundantly clear: First, you must be honest and not falsify any information or omit anything that could be construed as fraud, such as a second income. Second, you must return to work as soon as you’ve recovered. Failure to follow one or both warnings...
