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Month: May 2024

Brooklyn Man Charged with Gunpoint Robbery of Postal Worker

May 31, 2024

Earlier today, a ten-count indictment was unsealed charging the defendant Alfonso Forney with robbery of a postal worker, a related firearms offense, mail theft related offenses, wire fraud, bank fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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Agency approves plan to hike US stamp prices to 73 cents

May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) – A request by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to raise prices of first-class mail stamps to 73 cents from 68 cents effective July 14 has been approved, regulators said Friday.

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DeJoy Brings in Help from Former Firm to Help Transform USPS Network

May 31, 2024

Fraine was former president of GXO Logistics’ supply chain division when DeJoy was Chief Executive of the division. Now as Vice President of Business and Commercial Initiatives for the USPS, Fraine once again reports directly to his former boss

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Miami resident sentenced to prison for shooting at a U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier

May 31, 2024

On May 29, Charlie Holley, 43, of Florida City, Florida, was sentenced to 192 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz II, after having been convicted by a federal jury of forcibly assaulting a federal employee

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Criminal Organizations are Working to Recruit Postal Employees, Says IG

May 31, 2024

Criminal organizations are working to recruit USPS employees to participate in schemes including drug smuggling and stealing items from the mail, an inspector general report has said.

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Georgia’s Oldest CU (Atlanta Postal Credit Union) to Purchase Affinity Bank

May 31, 2024

Executives with Atlanta Postal Credit Union (APCU) and its community-based subsidiary Center Parc Credit Union, have reached a purchase agreement with Affinity Bank to acquire the bank’s assets and liabilities in an all-cash deal which is expected to close sometime in the fourth quarter of 2024 or possibly early in 2025.

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Records show Virginia mail carriers were caught…dumping your mail?

May 31, 2024

Internal investigations from the watchdog agency that oversees the agency shows that three carriers in the Richmond area ditched the mail rather than deliver it last year, adding to examples of unreliable service that residents reported to The Times-Dispatch in the last several months.

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A USPS employee and his dog-whisperer wife help veterans get a new leash on life

May 31, 2024

Before and after his shifts, the Warrendale, PA, lead mail processing clerk serves as puppy wrangler for Von Bahneman Kennels and K9 Training, his wife’s dog training and breeding business outside Pittsburgh.

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OPM pauses new FSAFEDS enrollments after fraud surge

May 31, 2024

The Office of Personnel Management has temporarily paused all new enrollments in FSAFEDS — the government’s flexible spending account program — after a surge in fraudulent activity affecting hundreds of federal employee accounts.

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USPS Fraud and Counterfeit Industry Presentation

May 31, 2024

Packages that are unmanifested at the time of the first scan at a USPS facility will be intercepted and subject to disposal.  These packages will not reenter the mail-stream and Shippers will not be reimbursed.

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