USPS Supervisor Arrested on Complaint Alleging Theft of $281,000 in Checks from Mail

Hayes’s scheme allegedly involved more than $281,000 in stolen checks that she deposited into her bank accounts.

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New Jersey Postmaster Indicted for Sexual Assault

Gabriel Ekram Pagabe Ali, 47, is charged by indictment with sexually assaulting the victim, an employee of the U.S. Postal Service while on duty as a postmaster at the U.S. Post Office in Teaneck.

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Former Gardiner, Montana postmaster admits stealing post office bank deposits

October 3, 2024 BILLINGS — The former postmaster of the Gardiner post office admitted today to allegations that she stole office bank deposits, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Tanya Lee Holbrook, 42, of Emigrant, pleaded guilty to misappropriation of postal funds and theft of government property as charged in an indictment. Holbrook faces…

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10th Circuit agrees Colorado Springs postal worker failed to show discrimination, hostile work environment

In June 2023, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson dismissed the lawsuit, noting Nelson had not alleged how his employment was adversely affected.

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USPS: Adhering to the Privacy Act

June 12, 2024 The Postal Service is reminding employees that the Privacy Act of 1974 applies to collecting, using and maintaining personal information. If a USPS business initiative involves any personally identifiable information, team members should contact the Postal Service’s Privacy and Records Management Office to determine whether the act’s provisions apply. Here are some points about the Privacy…

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

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…

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NLRB: USPS violated federal law by firing a worker after she won reinstatement to her job in arbitration

STATEMENT OF THE CASE This case was tried virtually using Zoom for Government technology on March 21, 22 and 23, 2022. The Charging Party, Lawren C. Griffin (Griffin) filed an initial charge on July 1, 2021 and a first amended charge on October 28, 2021. The General Counsel issued the complaint on December 23, 2021…

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

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…

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