By the time her boyfriend planted the idea, she’d worked at the Postal Service long enough to know exactly what envelopes to look for. She showed up to work each day playing the part so well, no one suspected a thing. But in just a few months, she managed to steal more than $24 million in checks, making this the largest mail theft conspiracy in the history of the Western District of North Carolina...
A Spurious Ankle Injury on the Postal Service's Dime? Not on Our Watch
Date: 03/26/25 | Category: Health Care Claimant Fraud
Imagine someone starts a job and less than two months later jumps on a gravy train to ride out a supposed ankle injury on the Postal Service's dime. That’s what one Postal Service employee in Ohio did recently, and it’s one of the reasons the USPS OIG’s work to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse is as vital as ever. A woman joined the Postal Service in June 2020 as a tractor trailer operator, and 54...
If you’re into luxury goods, you probably take the trouble to make sure the items you buy aren’t stolen or counterfeit — most retail websites have disclaimers to that effect to give prospective buyers more confidence. Barring theft or dubious origins, how would you feel if the items you bought were acquired with stolen funds?
Happiness Isn’t a Crime, Is It? No, but Fraud Certainly Is.
Date: 11/27/24 | Category: Health Care Claimant Fraud
When we started this series, we featured a case where a mail carrier filed for workers’ compensation after an on-the-job ankle injury — a fraudulent claim she milked for 14 years. But a more recent case has broken that mold: it involves a mail handler who sustained an injury at work and defrauded the Postal Service and the U.S. Department of Labor for 19 years.
A notification goes off on your phone flagging a $680 purchase you didn’t make. Stranger still is the credit card used was supposed to arrive in the mail a few days ago but never did. What do you do? One postal customer in Delaware filed a complaint with our Hotline when it happened to him. Our special agents quickly opened an investigation and, having connected with the Smyrna Police Department...
