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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.

MOST RECENT

Former U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier Sentenced for Stealing Mail from Customers in Santee

Date Released: 08/11/2023
Category: Internal Mail Theft

SAN DIEGO – Former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Tracy Rumley of El Cajon was sentenced in federal court this morning to five years of probation and 200 hours of community service for stealing mail from customers on her postal route in the Santee area of San Diego. The United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General assisted in this investigation.

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Former U.S. Postal Service Employee Convicted of Mail Theft & Sentenced to Four Years of Probation

Date Released: 08/10/2023
Category: Internal Mail Theft

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joshua P. Copas, 38, Cumberland, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today to one count of theft of mail while a U.S. Postal Service employee and was sentenced to four years of probation by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson on that count. The charge against Copas was the result of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.

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Former Mail Carrier and Co-Conspirator Sentenced to Federal Prison for Quarter-Million Dollar Identity Theft and Fraud Scheme Using Stolen Mail

Date Released: 08/09/2023
Category: Internal Mail Theft

INDIANAPOLIS- Robenson Fenelon, 31, and Squille Traxler, 30, of Indianapolis, have been sentenced to 54 months (4.5 years) and 15 months, respectively, in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and theft of stolen mail. Fenelon additionally plead guilty to aggravated identity theft. The United States Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General investigated this case.

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Boston Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery of Postal Worker

Date Released: 08/08/2023
Category: General Crimes

BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for the armed robbery of a United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier in Massachusetts. Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Ketty Larco Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by the U.S. Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General.

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Groton Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

Date Released: 08/02/2023
Category: Narcotics

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN COLLAZO, 32, of Groton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a conspiracy to receive large quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail. The Task Force includes members from the U.S. Postal Office of the Inspector General.

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