Mail thefts, robberies, fraud and other postal crimes – 10/06/26

According to the criminal complaint, in October 2025, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service launched multiple investigations into the robberies of nine letter carriers in Erie and Niagara Counties for their specialized postal keys, which are used to access blue mail collection boxes.

BOSTON – A convicted felon from Hadley, Mass. has pleaded guilty to illegally importing plutonium from Russia and selling the radioactive material – as well as other, highly toxic and hazardous materials – to customers in the United States and abroad. The defendant also plead guilty to unlawfully possessing ammunition and explosive materials as a convicted felon and possessing child sexual abuse material.

Three residents of the South Sound region have now been sentenced to federal prison for their post office burglary scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Paula Jean Gamboa, 38 of Federal Way, Washington, was the last of three defendants sentenced today to 18 months in prison

In recent years, USPS has faced a growing threat of substantial revenue loss as counterfeiters discover ways to evade paying postage using fraudulent postage labels, stamps, and payment methods. Below are some of our recent findings related to this risk. In FY 2026 alone, our work has identified almost $5.8 billion in revenue loss to the Postal Service.

The USPS driver arrested yesterday in Jackson was charged with several offenses, police say. As first reported on TLS, the Jackson Police Department’s Special Response Team, along with Federal Postal Police, took the USPS employee into custody in connection with an incident that occurred in Jackson on September 26. The subject was taken into custody […]

The initiative, known as Operation Safe Delivery, began in 2023 in response to increasing reports of stolen mail and check-washing schemes.