United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General

USPS OIG: Spring 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress

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I am proud of the work we have done to fight fraud and return money not only to the Postal Service but also back to the federal government. I look forward to the challenges ahead.

USPS Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $300,000 in Checks and Gold and Collectable Currency from Mail

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United States District Judge John W. Holcomb scheduled a May 23 sentencing hearing, at which time Hayes will face a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for the theft count and up to 15 years in federal prison for the unlawful transfer count.

Seymour Man Admits Involvement in Danbury Post Office Bribery and Kickback Scheme

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For Immediate Release – February 21, 2024 U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Kenneth Cleevely, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that … Read more

Former Indiana USPS Customer Service Manager Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Federal Prison for Mail Theft and Bank Fraud Conspiracy

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August 23, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS- James Lancaster, 42, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and mail theft. A co-conspirator, Jordan McPhearson, of Blue Island, Illinois was sentenced in 2022 to 42 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to … Read more

Former Post Office Manager Charged in Theft of $1.7 Million in Checks from the Mail

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March 9, 2022 INDIANAPOLIS – James Lancaster, 40, of Indianapolis, the former manager of customer service at Indianapolis’ New Augusta Post Office, has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and theft of mail. The charges against Lancaster were unsealed late yesterday. On March 1, 2022, a federal grand jury in … Read more

USPS OIG: Reasonable Accommodation Written Procedures

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Overview The United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General Reasonable Accommodation Written Procedures, also referred to Standards of Practice, is modeled after the Postal Service’s Handbook EL-307, Reasonable Accommodation, An Interactive Process. This establishes procedures that enable the OIG’s Reasonable Accommodation Committee to assist managers and supervisors with making sound decisions regarding reasonable accommodation … Read more