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Investigative News Releases

Working with our Law Enforcement Partners

Our special agents investigate nationwide internal crimes and fraud committed by postal employees and contractors as well as postal employee misconduct. We work with U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and local prosecutors across the country to prosecute these crimes.

In some instances, we uncover much larger criminal activity being carried out by multiple individuals and organizations. In many of these cases, we partner with other federal and local law enforcement agencies to identify and hold responsible those who take advantage of the public’s trust in our postal system.

Below are links to the most recent news releases about our work.

Former Postal Employee Guilty of Delaying and Stealing Contents of U.S. Mail

Date Released: 12/13/2024

Category: Internal Mail Theft

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on December 4, 2024, RANDY BROWN, JR. (“BROWN”), age 31, a resident of Gretna, Louisiana, pled guilty to the four-count indictment filed against him. BROWN is charged with unlawful delay of U.S. Mail matter by a postal employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703(a), and theft of U.S. Mail matter by a postal employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.

Postal Employee Sentenced for Mail Theft

Date Released: 12/12/2024

Category: Internal Mail Theft

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – SHAKEITHA WILEY (“WILEY”), age 41, of New Orleans, was sentenced on December 5, 2024 to 3 years probation, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. WILEY previously pled guilty to unauthorized opening of mail, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703(b). Additionally, WILEY was ordered to pay a $25.00 mandatory special assessment fee and restitution and fine in the amounts of $210.00 respectively.

Richmond County woman sentenced to federal prison for defrauding pandemic relief program

Date Released: 12/10/2024

Category: Financial Fraud

Scheme used fabricated information to obtain funding AUGUSA, GA: A Richmond County woman has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for defrauding a COVID-19 small business relief program. Kameka Bausley, 43, of Augusta, was sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to Wire Fraud, said Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. U.S. District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen also ordered Bausley to pay $71,933 in restitution and to...

Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Relief Program Fraud

Date Released: 12/05/2024

Category: Financial Fraud

United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that Myaika Gross, age 40, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to wire fraud in connection with her defrauding of the COVID-19 relief programs. According to admissions made as part of her guilty plea, Gross worked as a United States Postal Employee in Louisiana between May of 2020 and June of 2021.

Two men sentenced to prison for California-to-Virginia fentanyl network

Date Released: 11/27/2024

Category: Narcotics

NORFOLK, Va. – Two men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to mail fentanyl and other drugs from California to Virginia for distribution. According to court documents, Devin Joseph Stukes-McFarland, 27, of Virginia Beach, distributed fentanyl using an online service and marketing his fentanyl as legitimate Percocet. From Sept. 21, 2021, to March 27, 2023, Stukes-McFarland received approximately 70 USPS parcels, 15 of which contained fentanyl pills, Xanax pills, and