Investigative News Releases

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On March 7, 2024, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned four indictments charging four U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees assigned to the 65th Infantry Postal Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico with delay of mail, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Tania Salas-De Jesús from the USPS-OIG are prosecuting the case.

MIAMI –Raisha Kelly, Widny Thibaud, and Cortira Gray, and Ann Gilchrist, 55 of Miami, Florida have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud wire fraud in connection with their submission of false and fraudulent PPP loan applications. Kelly, Thibaud, Gray and Gilchrist conspired with themselves and others to submit PPP loan applications. In total, this conspiracy caused lenders to make $1.3 million in loans to the subjects. USPS OIG, Special Agent in Charge Amaleka McCall-Brathwaite

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TIMOTHY MCMILLAN, JR., pleaded guilty on March 5, 2024 to Theft of Mail by a Postal Service employee. The U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG”) received complaints regarding opened parcels that were delivered by the New Orleans Main Office Delivery Unit. On October 11, 2023, USPS-OIG Special Agents placed a greeting card containing $100 in mail to be processed and delivered by MCMILLAN while on his route.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – RANDY BROWN, JR., was indicted on March 8, 2024 on four-counts including, unlawful delay of U.S. Mail matter by a postal employee. BROWN unlawfully secreted, detained, and delayed U.S. mail entrusted to him as a postal employee. BROWN faces up to 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, up to 3 years of supervised release, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee. The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lemont Antwaun Darby, 37, of Orangeburg, was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Lemont Darby was a drug dealer who regularly received packages of marijuana through the U.S. Mail from California and elsewhere. Mjaan Roland, 31, of Chapin, was a city carrier with the Columbia Main Post Office and Dutch Fork Station. Investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General.