Investigative Case Highlights

If you caught our last story on healthcare claimant fraud, you would have read that all federal workers’ compensation claim forms make two things abundantly clear: First, you must be honest and not falsify any information or omit anything that could be construed as fraud, such as a second income. Second, you must return to work as soon as you’ve recovered. Failure to follow one or both warnings leads to civil or criminal prosecution. This edition of Investigative Case Highlights covers...

You may have noticed more news stories about mail theft happening around the country — unfortunate but true: even the U.S. Treasury recently warned about a nationwide surge in mail theft-related check fraud schemes targeting the U.S. Mail. Inside the Postal Service, the incidence of mail theft by employees shies by comparison, but it happens. Two recently closed investigations in New York and New Jersey illustrate the point. In 2017, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) investigated unknown

Our investigative work covers a range of areas including mail theft, healthcare provider and claimant fraud, and contract and financial fraud. But when one considers the nation’s growing opioids crisis, perhaps no other area has so much at stake as our dedicated Narcotics program.We launched the program in 2016 to identify and investigate the possession and distribution of narcotics by Postal Service employees. And we rarely work alone: we consistently partner with the Postal Inspection Service...

One of our most widely read Investigative Case Highlights told the tale of a postal employee who milked an ankle injury for over 14 years, all to illegally profit from the workers’ compensation program. In this edition, we’ll examine three similar healthcare claimant fraud cases, including one so brazen, it’s hard to believe it’s true. Now, if you’ve seen your mail carrier in action, you know it’s hard, physical work. Injuries on the job are not uncommon, but perhaps fewer are injuries that... &...

They say opportunities can entice someone to become a thief. For postal employees, such opportunities often come from those outside the Postal Service. They bait employees with promises of quick, easy cash, assuring them it’s all minimal risk. But two separate investigations in New York State illustrate how much postal employees stand to lose if they conspire to steal from the U.S. Mail.