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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.

Former Postal Carrier Indicted for Throwing Baskets of Mail into a Trash Dumpster in Antioch, Tennessee

Date Released: 10/03/2024

Category: General Crimes

DuJuan Butler, 33, of Antioch, Tennessee, was charged by a federal grand jury yesterday with unlawfully detaining and delaying the mail, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Vice President of Asphalt Paving Company Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging

Date Released: 10/02/2024

Category: Contract Fraud

A senior executive of a Michigan asphalt paving company pleaded guilty today for his role in two separate conspiracies to rig bids for asphalt paving services contracts in Michigan.

Pennsylvania Man Admits Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine into Connecticut

Date Released: 10/01/2024

Category: Narcotics

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISRAEL MENDOZA, also known as “D-Nice” and “Israel Mandosa,” 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, heroin and cocaine.

Essex County Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Bank Fraud Conspiracy Related to Checks Stolen from U.S.

Date Released: 10/01/2024

Category: Internal Mail Theft

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for his role in a bank fraud conspiracy related to the theft of checks from the U.S. mail

Electrostim Medical Services, Inc. and Mario Garcia, Jr. to Pay $20 Million to Resolve Allegations of Billing for Excessive and Unnecessary Supplies

Date Released: 09/27/2024

Category: Health Care Fraud

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced today that Florida-based durable medical equipment supplier Electrostim Medical Services, Inc. (EMSI) and its Founder and Chairman Mario Garcia, Jr. have together agreed to pay, based on their limited ability to do so, $20 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing federal healthcare programs for excessive and medically unnecessary supplies associated with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve...