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DUE TO A LAPSE IN GOVERNMENT FUNDING, ALL NON-EXCEPTED OIG EMPLOYEES ARE FURLOUGHED AND MUST CEASE ALL OIG WORK-RELATED ACTIVITIES.

This website will not be monitored or updated until full operations resume.
Your interest in the efficiency of Postal Service programs is important to us. Our Hotline remains operational, and you may still submit your concern and it will be reviewed.

You may also submit FOIA requests, however we cannot respond until the government reopens.

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 U.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Mail

Date Released: 06/20/2024

Category: Internal Mail Theft

SHAWN R. FULLER, 37, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing mail while he was a U.S. Postal Service employee. This matter was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General.

Postal employee ordered to pay restitution for COVID payroll protection loan fraud

Date Released: 06/18/2024

Category: Financial Fraud

OXFORD, Miss. – A Southaven woman was ordered to pay more than $80,000 in restitution following her conviction for making a false application for and receiving COVID-19 Payroll Protection loans. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General’s Office of Professional Responsibility investigated the case.

Southern California Woman Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution and Money Laundering Conspiracy

Date Released: 06/18/2024

Category: Narcotics

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Holly Danielle Adams, 34, of Indio, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine and to conspiring to launder money. This case is the product of an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.

U.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Nearly $90,000 Worth of Postal Money Orders and Wire Fraud

Date Released: 06/11/2024

Category: Financial Fraud

BOSTON – A U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced today for embezzling nearly $90,000 and for fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits. Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Northeast Area Field Office made the announcement today.

Former Postal Employee Charged with Stealing Checks from Mail; Fraud and Identity Theft Offenses

Date Released: 06/05/2024