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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

St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Bank Fraud Committed with Checks Stolen from the Mail

Date Released: 09/22/2025
Category: Internal Mail Theft

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry on Friday sentenced a man to 42 months in prison for orchestrating a check fraud scheme using checks that had been stolen from the mail. Malik Jones, 28, of Berkeley, Missouri, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis in October to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

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Former Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Date Released: 09/19/2025
Category: Health Care Fraud

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Sandra “Sandy” Cannon Throneburg, 74, of Morganton, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf today and pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

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Rensselaer County Man Pleads Guilty to Money Order Fraud

Date Released: 09/18/2025
Category: Financial Fraud

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Matthew Dundas, age 26, of Petersburgh, New York, pled guilty on Tuesday to money order fraud. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Matthew M. Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG”), made the announcement.

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Illegal Alien and Arizona Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Mailing Kilograms of Fentanyl to Atlanta

Date Released: 09/18/2025
Category: Narcotics

ATLANTA – Walter Alexander Argueta-Aguilar, an illegal alien from El Salvador, and Jorge Manuel Zamora Cano have been sentenced for their roles in shipping and distributing tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills disguised as prescription medication. “Argueta-Aguilar and Cano profited from the opioid epidemic and endangered thousands of lives by trafficking fentanyl-laced pills resembling actual medicine,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg

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Former U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier Sentenced to 5½ Years in Federal Prison for Stealing More Than $10 Million Worth of Checks from the Mail

Date Released: 09/08/2025
Category: Internal Mail Theft

LOS ANGELES – A former United States Postal Service letter carrier from Orange County was sentenced today to 66 months in federal prison for stealing from the mail more than $10 million in Treasury and other checks over a four-year span. Rashad Deon Stolden, 34, of Huntington Beach, was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who also ordered him to pay $1,627,291 in restitution.

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