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USPS Workers Accused of Theft

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thehumantorch

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Well, I guess the good news from this is that I'm sure most are going to be on the straight and narrow after this.

 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/usps-employees-accused-of-hoarding-parcels-stealing-veterans-medication/ar-AAia5PI?li=BBnb7Kz

 

 

Hope they all lose their jobs and face full criminal prosecution.

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Tony D

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Back in 1968, I worked for the USPS briefly. I was sorting mail on the night shift. One of the postal boxes in the Post Office where I was working was for Charles Atlas, of the comic book ads. If you sent in 10 cents you would get a booklet which would put you on the path of being a "He-Man" who wouldn't get sand kicked in his face. One night. Postal Inspectors came in and escorted one of the sorters out in handcuffs. He had been stealing dimes from the envelopes each night to buy his food during meal break. I never found out what happened to him but it couldn't have been good.

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NewWorldOrder

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Isn't tampering with mail a harsh offense?

 

I think they will get slammed for this if found guilty. Definitely a felony.

 

Absolutely.

 

Federal job = federal jail time.

 

110% they are getting hit hard.

 

2 USPS workers were arrested where my brother takes his packages because they (brother's card included) were taking customers debit/credit cards quickly under the counter to take a photo of the card with their cell phones to steal later with those credit cards numbers. Caught and facing many years in prison.

 

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lizards2

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Hope the thieves burn.

 

I still wish they'd investigate all "missing packages" between Tampa and Sarasota.... : sumo:

 

:whistle:

 

That's my retirement job, once it opens up.

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jools&jim

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I'm glad they were caught, but it seems to me that this also points to poor performance at the supervisory level.

 

The managers I worked for at the USPS 25+ years ago were old-school hard-cases who came down like a ton bricks on slackers and schemers, and who kept an eagle-eye on everyone. Of course, they're all retired or dead now, and I'm guessing that--as with new-hire carriers--their replacements over the years, in general, have not been of the same high caliber...

 

 

 

 

 

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GM8

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In all my years mailing items, I've only had 2 items "disappear"

 

One was a package sent to Australia (via USPS) with no tracking available at the time. Buyer didn't care and I told him no refunds if it got lost (this was back in the day on ebay so it worked out ok for me as the seller).

 

The other was recently sending a pre-paid return (not ebay) back and I made the mistake of just dropping it in a package receptacle at the post office. Sure enough it was never scanned and never made it back.

 

That's why I ALWAYS use tracking and ALWAYS get it scanned in front of me with a receipt. I've never had one lost package with this strategy.

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marvelmaniac

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I live in an apartment with over 80 mailboxes located together and two other apartment complexes right next door with similar #'s and over the years I have had Utility Bills, Bank Statements, Replacement Check Orders(all of this before the internet) and Packages never delivered even though tracking showed it was delivered, it just does not show "Where" it was delivered which to me makes tracking useless.

Just recently I had a package lost that tracking showed was delivered but it was not delivered to my mailbox.

This has happened before but I got nothing but a runaround from USPS this time around including a totally bogus response from a supervisor 3 days after the fact, he said "The item was sent back to seller due to an insufficient address" so I asked "how could it be sent back to seller if tracking shows it was delivered in/at mailbox 3 days ago?", then he changed his story to "I will check with the carrier in the morning".

After a week of "I will check with the carrier" with no results and years of things getting lost I filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission (becomes public record and an open case) who responded and suggested I also file a complaint with the Postmaster General's office (They gave me the e-mail link) who also responded first with an apology and then by saying that this matter would be investigated by his office and locally.

Is the problem that USPS workers cannot read or is there theft involved?

Either way, I no longer have any faith in the USPS anymore.

 

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letsgrumble

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There was a brief time about 15-20 years ago, my brother was a private investigator. Canada Post hired the company he worked for to investigate theft. The stories he told me were ridiculous.

 

One postal worker was caught leaving parcels in a remote dumpster then returning after-hours to collect them. They found that she had over 20,000 stolen Columbia House CDs, which were mostly unopened, at her house.

 

:screwy:

 

Best was a group of a dozen workers caught on surveillance at a large sorting plant, just outside Toronto, who out in the open cut open envelopes/cards and split the bounty at the end of the shift. The Union got them all off without discipline because the employees weren't aware that they were under surveillance, which was a violation of their agreement.

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Buzzetta

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USPS worker was caught taking mine and other's netflix discs years ago. He would take the discs and then watch them if he liked the movie and then return them.

 

I would always get emails from netflix asking when I sent the movie out to be returned.... I never responded and never thought anything of it. Then I opened the paper one day to see that the postal dude was arrested... bummer.

 

Felt bad... I knew the guy. He was always nice to everyone... if he asked I would have said, "Watch this within two days and then return it for me."

 

Lost his pension and job over Netflix.

 

 

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Calamerica

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In the DC Metro area in the 1980s the Supervisor forbid anyone else to wear a tie in the Offices. Only he was allowed. When the District Big-shot from the Main DC usps stood by, he was asked about his Accountants sloppy dress code.

 

He was fired for Insubordination: he told that Big-shot that he was better than the Office Workers, or else one of them would have HIS job. The Big-shot tried to give the 20 year veteran an "out" but he refused, thinking the Union would protect him.

Reagan had just taken power and had fired those PATCO Traffic controllers and this clown did nit read the writing on the wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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nocutename

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I know one of my packages was stolen my by carrier last year. I went to my depot and the guy was surprised. He was very specific about delivering the package. Nothing he claimed turned out to be true, yet if the package is scanned that is all that counts. BTW, someone was home that day and none of my neighbors saw anything package by my door. One comes home around the time the said package was "delivered". In fact no one in my little building had a delivery that day either which the carrier claims he went upstairs as well.

 

There is no protection for the consumer. Don't think tracking saves you, it helps the thieves, sellers and companies to wash their hands of your loss. This Christmas, either I am getting a PO box or purchasing in stores only.

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pemart1966

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I live in an apartment with over 80 mailboxes located together and two other apartment complexes right next door with similar #'s and over the years I have had Utility Bills, Bank Statements, Replacement Check Orders(all of this before the internet) and Packages never delivered even though tracking showed it was delivered, it just does not show "Where" it was delivered which to me makes tracking useless.

Just recently I had a package lost that tracking showed was delivered but it was not delivered to my mailbox.

This has happened before but I got nothing but a runaround from USPS this time around including a totally bogus response from a supervisor 3 days after the fact, he said "The item was sent back to seller due to an insufficient address" so I asked "how could it be sent back to seller if tracking shows it was delivered in/at mailbox 3 days ago?", then he changed his story to "I will check with the carrier in the morning".

After a week of "I will check with the carrier" with no results and years of things getting lost I filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission (becomes public record and an open case) who responded and suggested I also file a complaint with the Postmaster General's office (They gave me the e-mail link) who also responded first with an apology and then by saying that this matter would be investigated by his office and locally.

Is the problem that USPS workers cannot read or is there theft involved?

Either way, I no longer have any faith in the USPS anymore.

 

 

Sounds like you need a PO Box...

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