Postal worker stole from sealed envelopes, Holly Springs police say

"Police said Calvin...is accused of stealing cash and gift cards from sealed envelopes. ..."    

This Article is From: www.atlantanewsfirst.com


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Philly postal workers charged with stealing $80 million in U.S. Treasury checks

"...Two former U.S. Postal Service employees who worked at the USPS Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center were charged with stealing more than $80 million in U.S. Treasury checks, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

According to an indictment, Tauheed Tucker, 23, and Saahir Irby, 27, stole thousands of envelopes containing U.S. Treasury checks while working as USPS mail processing clerks.

Two other men, Cory Scott, 25, of Ardmore and Alexander Telewoda, 25, of Clifton Heights were also charged with conspiracy to steal government funds, theft of government funds and mail theft. ..."    

This Article is From: www.nbcphiladelphia.com


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St. Louis-area postal supervisor accused of stealing 90 checks from mail

"...Benita D. Randle, 42, was indicted on one federal charge of theft of mail by a U.S. Postal Service employee earlier this month. She pleaded not guilty to that criminal charge on Thursday.

According to a federal indictment, on Oct. 31, 2023, Randle stole nearly 90 checks from mail that had been entrusted to the Postal Service for delivery. She reportedly stole the checks while employed as a supervisor at the St. Louis Processing and Distribution Center. ..."    

This Article is From: fox2now.com


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USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap

"The postal service took action to ‘remediate’ the issue following a TechCrunch investigation ...On Wednesday, the USPS said it addressed the issue and stopped the practice, claiming that it was “unaware” of it. TechCrunch found USPS was sharing customers’ information by way of hidden data-collecting code (also known as tracking pixels) used across its website. Tech and advertising companies create this kind of code to collect information about the user — such as which pages they visit — every time a webpage containing the code loads in the customer’s browser. In the case of USPS, some of that collected data included the postal addresses of logged-in USPS Informed Delivery customers, who use the service to see photos of their incoming mail before it arrives. ..."    

This Article is From: techcrunch.com


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USPS nearly always lets law enforcement spy on Americans' mail without warrant

"...Since 2015, the United States Postal Service has agreed to 97% of requests made to share customer's information with law enforcement. These requests for customer's names and their 'to's and 'from's were issued without warrants and regularly complied with. This practice is surprisingly and disappointingly legal. I wonder if they were allowed to shake the box, too. ..."    

This Article is From: boingboing.net


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US Postal inspectors asked to investigate undelivered mail found in dumped in family recycling bin in Bexley

US Postal inspectors asked to investigate undelivered mail found in Bexley recycling bin

"...Kauffman says she and her husband were alerted by their dog Stanley Friday afternoon when he started barking after a van drove into their Bexley driveway.

"The postal van had pulled all the way up our driveway and parked by our garage," said Kauffman. "After a few minutes, I saw someone get out of the far side and dump something in our own recycling."..."    

This Article is From: abc6onyourside.com


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USPS Is Holding On to 452 Cremated Human Remains

"You don’t want your final resting place to be a dead letter office, but unfortunately that’s where 452 people have found themselves, spending eternity as undeliverable mail with the U.S. Postal Service. ...The USPS is the only legal way to ship cremated remains. At least in theory, the USPS has strict procedures for handling such sensitive and irreplaceable packages. Remains must be shipped via Priority Mail Express and have a giant orange sticker attached to the side of the box (the sticker used to be teal). They are also supposed to be handled differently than other Priority Mail Express packages. However, the OIG report found some or all of these procedures are not done between 28 and 50 per cent of the time, which could go some way towards explaining how 452 cremated remains boxes ended up in the USPS’s warehouse for lost packages. ..."    

This Article is From: gizmodo.com.au


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Sanctity of the Mail: President Jimmy Carter Puts His Trust in The United States Postal Service For Secure Communication

Carter says he hand-writes letters to avoid US surveillance

"...Former US President Jimmy Carter has said he hand-writes letters to foreign and US leaders in an effort to evade what he described as pervasive US electronic surveillance...."    

This Article is From: www.bbc.com

The U.S. Mail is the most secure communication standard that exist. Sanctity of the mail is taken very seriously by postal employees.

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Postal workers must not be made the scapegoat for losing political campaigns

"...Postal workers are honest, public servants who have no motive for delaying mail -- and would never risk their jobs by doing this. We are proud to protect the sanctity of the mail and serve the American public with every piece every day. I will point out to you that in many nation surveys the American public has voted that the Postal Service is the most trusted federal agency of all. Of that we are very proud.

Postal workers must not be made the scapegoat for losing political campaigns. We are not thieves but American citizens who are proud of their service every day...."    

This Article is From: weblogs.sun-sentinel.com

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Law Enforcement Records Names, Addresses on Outside of Envelopes Traveling through the mail

Here is an Orwellian story sure to make you go ...Hmmmm. Law enforcement request to record names, addresses and other information from the outside of letters and packages of suspected criminals every year since 1998, according to U.S. Postal Inspection Service data. Here is an article from USA Today: Law enforcement requests for postal info granted. Is sanctity of the mail limited only to internal contents?