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.

Second Postal Carrier Sentenced Prison for Delivering Marijuana Packages to Drug Dealers

Date Released: 08/01/2018

PHILADELPHIA — United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that a second U.S. Postal carrier was sentenced to prison today for taking bribes in exchange for delivering packages containing marijuana to drug dealers. Steven C. Williams, 43, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 15 months’ imprisonment. One of Williams’ co-conspirators, U.S. Postal carrier Felicia Charleston, 36, of Philadelphia, was sentenced in May 2018 to 10 months’ imprisonment. Williams delivered and attempted to...

Former Postal Employee Sentenced for Stealing from the Mail

Date Released: 07/17/2018

MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joanne T. Huehn, 42, formerly of Milltown, Wis., was sentenced for stealing from the mail while an employee of the U.S. Postal Service. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley sentenced Huehn to five years of probation. Huehn pleaded guilty to this offense on May 15, 2018. Huehn admitted that while employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Polk County, she stole Menards rebate checks from...

Health Care Providers to Pay $14.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Date Released: 07/09/2018

Health Quest Systems, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries (Health Quest) and Putnam Health Center (PHC) have agreed to pay over $14.7 million to resolve allegations of violations of the False Claims Act by submitting inflated and otherwise ineligible claims for payment, the Justice Department announced today. New-York based Health Quest is a family of integrated hospitals and healthcare providers that deliver surgical, medical and home health care services. PHC is a Health Quest subsidiary...

Pharmacist Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme

Date Released: 06/29/2018

In Austin today, Nermin Awad El-Hadik, 42-year-old owner of Hope Pharmacy, Inc., in Houston, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for paying kickbacks in a health care fraud scheme. That announcement was made by United States Attorney John F. Bash; Special Agent in Charge Christopher Cave, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG), Southern Area Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Steven Grell, Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (DOL OIG), Dallas Region...

Former Postal Worker Sentenced for Stealing Mail

Date Released: 06/27/2018

MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin Cain, 35, Cashton, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to five years of probation. On March 21, 2018, Cain pleaded guilty to stealing mail from the U.S. Postal Service. The charge against Cain was the result of an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Postal Inpsection Service, and the U.S. Postal Service-Office of...