Bay Shore business owner the victim of check fraud through the mail

Bay Shore business owner the victim of check fraud through the mail

"...A Suffolk County business owner said he became the latest victim of fraud when he mailed checks at the Bay Shore Post Office last month.

Rocket Express co-owner Rich Miller said he routinely mails business checks at the postal facility early in the morning before it opens. ...A federal report from earlier this year found that check fraud is on the rise and a significant amount of that is done through mailboxes that sit outside postal facilities."    

This Article is From: www.newsbreak.com


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Long Island now home to one of fastest mail systems in US: Postal Service

"A US Postal Service state-of-the-art sorting and delivery center opened in Huntington Station in Suffolk County last week as part of a $40 billion nationwide modernization effort aimed at dragging the country’s aging mail system into the 21st century. ...Inside the Huntington Station facility, sleek new machines can sort 6,000 packages in under two hours — a job that used to take five hours. Carriers also can now make up to 500 stops a day thanks to newly optimized routes, earlier dispatch times..."    

This Article is From: nypost.com


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Brooklyn NYC | 22-year-old postal worker and a 75-year-old man were both arrested following a brawl

"...The female postal worker told responding cops the senior citizen clocked her in the head with a cane, and she retaliated. The unidentified combatants were both taken into custody following the 10:10 a.m. incident. Charges were pending, a department spokesman said late Saturday afternoon. The postal worker declined medical attention...Canal Street denizens did not know what fueled the fury, but several, like gift shop employee Kamal said they saw the elderly man sprawled out on the pavement in the aftermath. A woman selling fruit alleged the postal worker shoved the man to the ground."    

This Article is From: nypost.com


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Postal Service may be seeking to move some mail processing work from Buffalo down the Thruway to Rochester.

"... It is now part of an overall $40 billion national consolidation of regional mail systems, with talk of moving some of that Buffalo work to a facility in Rochester. So far the postal service has declined interview requests, only sending out press releases claiming greater efficiency. They have also decided to postpone a scheduled public information meeting...based on reports from other areas, perhaps an automated mail sorting device called an advanced facer canceller would be removed from the current Buffalo plant. American Postal Workers Union Local 324 President Frank Resetarits said, "They took out a piece of equipment that if we lose here in Buffalo, it's going to result in a delay in mail." "    

This Article is From: www.wgrz.com


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New York: Postal Service investigating report of employee bringing gun to post office

"...U.S. Postal Inspection Service is aware of a recent report of an employee of the DeWitt, NY Post Office possessing a firearm while on postal property. Postal Inspectors responded and are currently investigating. ..."    

This Article is From: www.localsyr.com


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New Yorkers should be vigilant amid 'rise' in mail theft, AG says. How to protect yourself

"...New Yorkers should be on the defensive against mail theft amid recent rises in stolen mail, including checks and credit cards..."    

This Article is From: www.lohud.com

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