Investigative Case Highlights

Our Office of Investigations routinely monitors Postal Service contracts for possible fraud using proprietary data analytics tools. After our special agents flagged a North Carolina’s suspicious invoicing, they subpoenaed the owner. During an interview, the owner’s story unraveled, revealing deliberate fraud: Our special agents presented evidence showing he submitted fake invoices with inflated...

When it comes to stopping and deterring crime, joint investigations can deliver very powerful results. It’s especially true in cases involving the illegal drug trade, where criminal networks can be as complex as the means they use are covert. This joint investigation out of Oklahoma is a prime example.

A lot can get lost in the hustle and bustle of the busiest international airport on the East Coast. And with nearly half of all U.S. international mail volume coming through JFK — the airport that houses the Postal Service’s largest international mail facility — one employee thought he could use that volume to cloak a sprawling mail theft and U.S. Treasury check fraud scheme. That’s until the USPS...

Something was amiss — and the whistleblower knew it. They contacted the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which referred the allegation to our Office of Investigations. The person alleged a Postal Service employee at a Long Island City, NY, post office was cashing an inordinate number of U.S. Treasury checks at her window. It was far from tax season, so was it just a coincidence?

A quiet conversation at a mall food court in eastern Puerto Rico sealed the deal — plan and method in place, profits were just around the corner. All the Postal Service employee had to do was look out for packages containing “ blanca ” and then hand them over to his associate for payment.