Investigative News Releases

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Cornerstone Facility Solutions, LLC (Cornerstone), a maintenance and repair service located in Brick, New Jersey, and its CEO, Paul Galgon III, paid $316,779 to resolve their False Claims Act liability for falsifying invoices and inflating the cost of services provided to the USPS. The USPS Office of Inspector General investigated this case.

According to court records, between January and May 2023, Russell Joaquin, 48, opened and stole the contents of greeting cards from his postal route. Joaquin was interviewed by investigators from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General and admitted to stealing greeting cards from his mail routes in South Berwick and Eliot to take the cash and gift cards they contained. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General investigated the case.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VICTOR RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ, also known as “Calami,” 49, was sentenced today to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine to Connecticut. This investigation has been conducted by the U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General

Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern Distr of New York, announced today that NATHANAEL FOUCAULT — a former USPS letter carrier who was charged with theft and unauthorized use of credit cards — was sentenced today. Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work and diligence of the USPS – Office of the Inspector General.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DAVID RAYFORD, age 40, of Kenner, La., was indicted on April 5, 2024 for Mail Theft. The indictment charged RAYFORD with stealing a greeting card containing a Visa Gift Card and $100.00 cash from the United States mail on June 14, 2021. The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General.