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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.

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Postal Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Packages that Contained Drugs

Date Released: 04/15/2021

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Celeste Pang, 42, of Olivehurst, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to six months in prison and a $2,000 fine for embezzlement of mail by postal employee, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Pang, a postal employee at the West Sacramento post office, identified what she believed to be drug parcels and rerouted them to her personal residence. For over a year and a half, Pang stole parcels from the...

Former USPS Carrier Sentenced for Making False Statements to Obtain Disability Compensation

Date Released: 03/29/2021

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Ronald S. Repass, age 57, of Poolesville, Maryland, to five years of probation on the federal charge of making false statements or fraud to obtain federal employees’ disability compensation and ordered Repass to pay restitution in the amount of $22,000. Repass admitted that he falsely claimed that he was unable to work, even though he had worked at various jobs between June 2016 and February 2019, for which he was paid. The...

Former Postal Employee Sentenced For Workers' Compensation Fraud

Date Released: 03/23/2021

BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK – Christine O’Neill, age 61, of Johnson City, New York, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy to serve three (3) years on probation for defrauding the U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Department of Labor of $46,287 by making false statements and representations to obtain federal workers compensation benefits, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Postal...

United Airlines to Pay $49 Million to Resolve Criminal Fraud Charges and Civil Claims

Date Released: 02/26/2021

United Airlines Inc. (United), the world’s third largest airline, has agreed to pay over $49 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to fraud on postal service contracts for transportation of international mail. United entered into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and agreed to pay $17,271,415 in criminal penalties and disgorgement to resolve a criminal investigation into a fraud scheme perpetrated by former employees of United’s...

Postal Supervisor Who Stole Packages is Sentenced

Date Released: 01/13/2021

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Zoheb A. Deura, 34, of Derby, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first nine months of which Deura must serve in home confinement, for stealing mail while he was a U.S. Postal Service employee. Judge Dooley also ordered Deura to pay a $20,000 fine. According to court documents and statements made in court, between February and April 2020...