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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

Beaumont postal employee sentenced for stealing mail

Date Released: 03/05/2024
Category: Internal Mail Theft

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Beaumont woman has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing mail in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Pamela Jo Rosas, 65, pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee and was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone on March 4, 2024. This case was investigated by the U.S. Postal...

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Cape Girardeau Postal Worker Convicted of Stealing Mail

Date Released: 02/28/2024
Category: Internal Mail Theft

CAPE GIRARDEAU – A jury on Wednesday found a former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier guilty of charges accusing him of stealing and failing to deliver customers’ mail. After a trial lasting less than two days, Robert Gafford, 33, of Jackson, Missouri, was found guilty of one count of delaying or destroying mail and one count of embezzlement of mail. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector...

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Former Postal Employee Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Theft of a Postal Service Key

Date Released: 02/23/2024
Category: Internal Mail Theft

MOBILE, AL – A Mobile woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiracy, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and theft of a USPS key. Kristen Arieale Williams, 32, was employed as a mail carrier at the post office in Prichard. Williams stole and sold a USPS “arrow” key for $2,500 to a coconspirator. Law enforcement caught Williams’s coconspirator using the key to steal mail from...

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Seymour Man Admits Involvement in Danbury Post Office Bribery and Kickback Scheme

Date Released: 02/22/2024
Category: General Crimes

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Kenneth Cleevely, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI, announced that MICHAEL D. LUTZ, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy offense stemming from a bribery and kickback scheme involving the Postmaster of the Danbury Post...

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Former U.S. Postal Employee Admits Stealing Mail

Date Released: 02/16/2024
Category: Internal Mail Theft

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAWN R. FULLER, 37, of Hamden, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a mail theft offense. Fuller pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years. Judge Meyer scheduled sentencing for May 10. The...

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