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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

Los Angeles Case Part of Largest International Operation Against Darknet Trafficking of Fentanyl and Opioids

Date Released: 05/02/2023
Category: Narcotics

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, and its Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team and international partners, today announced the results of Operation SpecTor, which included 288 arrests. The USPS Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG) among other agencies investigated the case.

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Postal Employee Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Possessing With The Intent To Distribute More Than 11 Kilograms Of Fentanyl

Date Released: 04/17/2023
Category: Narcotics

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Theodore Garlow (53, Lehigh Acres) to five years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl. Garlow had pleaded guilty on January 10, 2023. According to court documents, in 2021, Garlow was employed by the United States Postal Service as a Rural Carrier. This case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General.

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Former C.O. Sentenced to over Six Years for Smuggling Mailed Drugs into Prison

Date Released: 02/24/2023
Category: Narcotics

NEW BERN, N.C. –Leann Little, 37, of Lumberton, a former correctional officer and postal contractor, was sentenced yesterday to 75 months in prison for drug and money laundering crimes for providing contraband to inmates in North Carolina prisons. Michael Easley, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, made the announcement. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Postal Inspection Service Office of Inspector General investigated the case.

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California Man Sentenced for Mailing Marijuana to Western Pennsylvania

Date Released: 02/06/2023
Category: Narcotics

PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Seiad Valley, CA, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months of imprisonment followed by one year of supervised release on his conviction for violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. The DEA led the multi-agency investigation of this case, which also included the USPS OIG

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Nine Arrested for Illegally Distributing 1.5 Million Opioid Pills

Date Released: 02/02/2023
Category: Narcotics

Nine Texas individuals were arrested this week in Houston on criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in the unlawful distribution of 1.5 million opioid pills and other controlled substances. Acting Special Agent in Charge Scott Pierce of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG), and Acting Inspector in Charge Dana Carter of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Houston Division made the announcement.

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