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Investigative News Releases

Working with our Law Enforcement Partners

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.

Mail Carrier Sentenced for Accepting Bribes

Date Released: 12/17/2019

RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for packages believed to contain marijuana that had been sent through the United States mails. According to court documents, Christopher Grant, 59, accepted multiple bribes over a nearly one-year period from several different individuals while working as a U.S. mail carrier. In exchange, Grant gave those individuals at least 20 suspected marijuana parcels, all of which had been shipped from...

Man Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison for Fraud and Obstruction of Justice

Date Released: 12/13/2019

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden man was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for cashing fraudulently obtained tax refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury, unlawfully utilizing the stolen identities of residents of Puerto Rico to effectuate the scheme, and tampering with a witness, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Alberto Sanchez, 34, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to five counts of an indictment: two counts of theft of government funds, two counts of...

Second Pharmaceutical Company Admits to Price Fixing, Resolves Related Violations

Date Released: 12/03/2019

Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Rising), a generic pharmaceutical company headquartered in New Jersey, was charged for conspiring to fix prices and allocate customers for a generic hypertension drug, the Department of Justice announced today. According to a one-count felony charge filed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, from about April 2014 until at least September 2015, Rising participated in a criminal antitrust conspiracy with a...

Judge Sentences Businessman to Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme

Date Released: 12/02/2019

In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 49–year-old San Antonio businessman Rafael Enrique Rodriguez to seven years in federal prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar health care fraud scheme. In addition to the prison term, Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra ordered that Rodriguez pay $6,032,126.69 in restitution to the government and be placed on supervised release for a period of three (3) years after completing his prison term. Judge Ezra ordered that Rodriguez surrender...

Surgeon Sentenced for Receiving Kickbacks in Massive Health Care Fraud

Date Released: 11/22/2019

SANTA ANA, California – A spinal surgeon was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for participating in a long-running health care fraud scheme in which he received at least $5 million in kickbacks for performing hundreds of spinal surgeries. The overall scheme resulted in more than $580 million in fraudulent bills being submitted, mostly to California’s worker compensation system. Dr. Daniel Capen, 70, of Manhattan Beach, was sentenced by United States District Judge Josephine L...