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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

Major Generic Drug Companies to Pay Over Quarter of a Billion Dollars to Resolve Price-Fixing Charges and Divest Key Drug at the Center of Their Conspiracy

Date Released: 08/21/2023
Category: Health Care Fraud

The Justice Department announced today deferred prosecution agreements resolving criminal antitrust charges against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA. As part of those agreements, both companies will divest a key business line involved in the misconduct, and as an additional remedial measure, Teva will make a $50 million drug donation to humanitarian organizations. United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General assisted the investigation.

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Watervliet Woman Sentenced for Making False Statements

Date Released: 08/14/2023
Category: Health Care Fraud

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Eunice Ting, age 69, of Watervliet, New York, was sentenced on Friday to 1 year of probation, to pay a $10,000 fine, and to pay full restitution for making a false statement to obtain benefits from the United States Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. USPS OIG investigated this case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Wentworth-Ping prosecuted it.

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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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