USPS OIG investigation

Former Scott City, Kansas USPS postmaster pleads guilty to theft

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May 26, 2026 WICHITA, KAN. – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee pleaded guilty to using her position as postmaster to steal tens of thousands of dollars in government funds. According to court documents, Joyce L. Smith, 51, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of theft by government employee. Smith previously worked as … Read more

Cape Girardeau Postal Worker’s Letter to the USPS OIG: The story has not changed.

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Richard G. Wilson Mail Processing Center, Cape Girardeau, MO

This is the email I sent shortly after the OIG threatened my job, my pension and my freedom to shut me up about an investigation into intentionally delayed mail in Southeast Missouri. I witnessed the truth, I told the truth, Subject: Allegations of Intentional Mail Delay and Withholding at Richard G. Wilson Mail Processing Center, … Read more

Former Postal Worker Stripped of Citizenship, Sentenced to 66-Months in Prison, for Stealing $1.6 Million from the U.S. Mail

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Hachikosela Muchimba, 45, a former letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and resident of the District of Columbia, was stripped of his U.S. citizenship and sentenced to 66 months in federal prison today in connection with mail theft and bank fraud scheme that illegally netted him $1.6 million, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Postal Service-Office of the Inspector General, the Department of Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and Homeland Security Investigations.

Station Manager Pleads Guilty To Stealing Over $90K In Cash And Stamps From USPS

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Lisa Mesler, 55, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to theft of government money. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. Assistant … Read more

APWU: Fake OIG Letter

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From: Vance Zimmerman <vzimmerman@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 6:04 PM Subject: Fake OIG Letter Sisters and Brothers, Please take a look at the attached document. One of our members received this letter in the mail indicating they were the target of an OIG investigation. It had the employee’s name, EIN, and location of work … Read more

DOJ: Postal Supervisor in Middletown Who Stole Packages is Sentenced

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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 … Read more

USPS OIG Report of Investigation – Paterson, NJ, Post Office

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On May 4, 2020, the OIG was informed that First-Class Mail, including but not limited to political mail and mail-in ballots, was misdelivered and left near cluster boxes at numerous apartment buildings in Paterson, NJ, on May 1, 2020. The investigation revealed through video surveillance, interviews and USPS database searches that on May 1, 2020, … Read more