A federal oversight report shared this week shows more mail is being stolen from inside the postal service. The Office of the Inspector General says criminal organizations are targeting employees to move narcotics and steal checks.
While billions of letters and packages go through the mail every holiday season, and every year we see porch pirates looking to steal those deliveries. But for fiscal year 2023 theft from inside the postal system is at an all-time high, which is a concern for Frank Albergo, the president of the Postal Police Officers Association.
“As a postal employee, who has been with the Postal Service for over 30 years, it’s sad to see that the Postal Service is under attack,” Albergo said.
For context, the crime is occurring with a small percentage of the hundreds of thousands of postal employees, but any criminal access to mail can quickly lead to more victims.
