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USPS Hiking Prices As Iran War Rages: See What's Increasing
The cost of shipping packages is about to rise nationwide due to skyrocketing fuel prices as the US-Israeli war on Iran approaches its second month.
The US Postal Service is planning to raise prices by 8% on several shipping services, according to a news release on Wednesday, March 25. The rate hikes will impact Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage, and Parcel Select.
The increase, approved by the Postal Service's governors one day earlier, is expected to take effect on Sunday, April 26. It will remain in place through Sunday, Jan. 17, 2027, pendin…
Victims Scammed Out Of $2.2M By NJ Couple In 'Publishers Clearing House Lottery' Scheme: Cops
A couple from Secaucus is facing a litany of charges after scamming residents in multiple states out of more nearly $2.2 million, police said.
Akeem Lee and Majda Hodzic-Lee called victims in Florida, Minnesota, Arizona, Kansas, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Nebraska, saying they'd won the "Publishers Clearing House Lottery," Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.
In exchange for the vehicles and large sums of money the victims were told they won, they were required by Lee and Hodzic-Lee to send cash, money orders and/or gift cards for taxes, fees and IRS …
$874K Scheme: Former Danbury Postmaster Defrauded Postal Service, Solicited Bribes: Feds
A 50-year-old Massachusetts man who once served as postmaster for a Fairfield County post office has admitted to defrauding the US Postal Service out of over $874,000 as part of a bribery, kickback, and embezzlement scheme that he operated, officials announced.
Former Brookfield resident Ephrem D. Nguyen, age 50, pleaded guilty to a fraud offense related to his scheme on Friday, Oct. 13, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.
According to federal officials, Nguyen, who now lives in Quincy, Massachusetts in Norfolk County, had been employed b…
The Check Was In The Mail: Central Mass Ex-Postal Worker Gets Probation For Stealing Cash
A former US Postal Service worker who admitted to stealing nearly $100,000 worth of cash from a Worcester County business's mail will avoid jail time but will spend six months confined to her home, federal authorities said.
Roberta Feliz, 33, of Fitchburg, who pleaded guilty last year to one count of theft of mail by an employee of the US Postal Service, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 8, to three years probation, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.
Feliz worked as the lead sales and service associate with the Gardner Post Office. From February through July 2020, Feliz sto…
