Investigative News Releases

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months of imprisonment, to be followed by six years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws related to a six-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around Blair, Cambria, Centre, and Clearfield counties, First Assistant United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced.

INDIANAPOLIS- Kimberly Dumes, 43, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to three counts of wire fraud. According to court documents, between June 2020 and June 2021, Kimberly Dumes submitted three fraudulent applications for federal economic relief, resulting in a total loss of $51,664. During this time, Dumes was employed with the U.S. Postal Service.

ATLANTA - Former mail carrier Vershun Weaver has pleaded guilty to stealing U.S. Government treasury checks from recipients on his U.S. Postal Service mail route and fraudulently obtaining a pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. "Weaver abused his position and undermined the work of honest public servants,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg.

ST. LOUIS – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri has finalized a civil settlement to resolve allegations that Fiserv Inc. and Fiserv Solutions LLC failed to comply with the United States Postal Service (USPS) Move Update standard and took improper postage discounts.

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis man who was caught with the information of at least 10 different identity theft victims pleaded guilty Wednesday and admitted committing identity theft, check fraud and pandemic fraud. Darryon M. Sutherlin, 29, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to two counts of identity theft.