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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

Essex County Man Sentenced to 82 Months in Prison for Using Credit Cards Stolen from U.S. Mail to Defraud Banks and Commit Identity Theft

Date Released: 04/28/2023
Category: Internal Mail Theft

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 82 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $330,391 in restitution for his role in scheming with at least one U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee and others to steal credit cards from the mail and then steal victims’ identities in order to use the stolen cards to make hundreds of thousands of dollars of retail and online purchases. Dashaun Brown, 29, of Newark, was convicted on April 22, 2022, o

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Former Postal Service Mail Carrier Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Stealing from Her Mail Route Debit Cards Containing Public Benefits

Date Released: 04/24/2023
Category: Internal Mail Theft

LOS ANGELES – A former United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison for her role in a scheme that defrauded banks out of more than $200,000 via the theft of debit cards containing unemployment insurance and other benefits from her mail route and giving them to a co-schemer in exchange for cash payments and gifts. United States Postal Service Office, of Inspector General investigated this matter.

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Postal Service Employee Arrested For Mail Theft

Date Released: 04/21/2023
Category: Internal Mail Theft

A United States Postal Service employee appeared in federal court today on mail theft and related charges, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Demarkis Deon Houston, 30, of Charlotte, was arrested on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Houston is charged with mail destruction, theft of mail by a Postal Service employee, and possession of a stolen firearm. Jeff Krafels, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General

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Former St. Louis Letter Carrier Sentenced to Probation, Restitution for Stealing Checks

Date Released: 04/11/2023
Category: Internal Mail Theft

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Tuesday sentenced a former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier who stole two checks in St. Louis, Missouri to five years of probation and ordered him to repay $33,996. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General conducted the investigation.

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Ringleader of Mail Theft Conspiracy Sentenced to 9 Years for Using Credit Cards Stolen From the Mail

Date Released: 04/05/2023
Category: Internal Mail Theft

CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced the ringleader of a mail and identity theft conspiracy to nine years in federal prison for stealing U.S. Postal Service (USPS) customer’s credit cards out of the mail and using their personal identifying information to make unauthorized purchases with the stolen cards. Scott Pierce, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, Central Area Field Office

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