Postal crimes are almost a daily event. These are the ones we found today
Life of an Investigation
If you hear the phrase “USPS OIG Investigation,” your first thought might be a postal employee being arrested for mail theft. While our special agents do conduct a lot of internal mail theft investigations — over 730 cases closed during the first six months of FY 2026 — the scope of our Office of Investigations’ work is much broader.
Letters With Suspicious Powder Sent to Politicians Deemed ‘Not Harmful’
Federal investigators are still probing the letters mailed to more around 40 lawmakers, which arrived 25 years after envelopes of anthrax killed five people.

U.S. Postal Employees Indicted for Stealing Checks from Mail - The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 19, 2026 U.S. Postal Employees Indicted for Stealing Checks from Mail Defendants Assigned to East New York Post Office Allegedly Stole Nearly $15,000 From Mail They were Supposed to Deliver on Their Routes Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with Matthew M. Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast ... Read more...

Eric McCoy Freed in Brooklyn Subway Slashing | Rothman Report
70-year-old retired postal worker accused of holding a knife to a 68-year-old woman’s face and cutting her inside a Brooklyn subway station was released without bail early Sunday, October 18.
Dover Contractor and Owners Pay $295,204 to Settle Postal Service Overbilling Claims
WILMINGTON, Del. – Garrett Mechanical Inc., a Dover repair and maintenance contractor; Hey Brother, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; Joseph Bruni; and Daniel Tulchin have agreed to pay $295,204 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for work performed at Postal facilities.
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