United States
The USPS OIG Hotline will take complaints regarding fraud, waste, and misconduct within the Postal Service. These include: - Injury compensation fraud - Embezzlements and financial crimes - Contract Fraud - Kickbacks - Computer Crimes - Narcotics - Employee Misconduct - Internal affairs and executive investigations - Whistleblower reprisal - Theft of items from the mail by Postal employees or contractors - Destruction of mail by Postal employees or contractors
The following matters are NOT generally investigated by the USPS OIG: - Daily mail delivery and tracking problems - Post Office customer service issues and concerns. If you have a customer service issue, please contact USPS. - Day-to-day management decisions - EEO Complaints - Issues that are handled by the grievance process - Issues handled by other government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, Justice - Department, Office of Personnel Management - Employee benefits and compensation For help on these and other issues not listed please visit https://www.uspsoig.gov/hotline-helpful-links
Former U.S. Postal Service Employee Pleads Guilty to Theft of Postal Orders
Fresno-Based Bank Fraud Scheme Recruited Participants on Facebook
Former Postal Letter Carrier Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Duncansville Man Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine
Colorado-Wyoming District: Delivery Operations
During the week of July 29, 2024, we performed a self-initiated audit at the Denver Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and four delivery units serviced by the P&DC. The delivery units included the Brighton Main Post Office, Edgewater Branch, Mile High and Stockyards stations in the Denver, CO...
Fleet Modernization: Disposal of Long-Life Vehicles
As part of its 10-year Delivering for America plan, the Postal Service plans to acquire 106,480 new delivery vehicles, including electric vehicles, between fiscal years 2023 and 2028. The investment in new vehicles will necessitate the replacement and disposal of many long-life vehicles (LLV), which...
A Comparative Study of International Postal Models
In this white paper, the OIG compared postal models across a selection of 26 posts: the U.S. Postal Service and 25 foreign national postal operators. While the Postal Service operates under a unique model that combines flexibility in meeting universal service obligations (USO) with significant...
Fiscal Year 2024 Board of Governors' Expenditures
This report presents the results of our audit of Fiscal Year 2024 Board of Governors’ Expenditures.
Mail Theft Mitigation and Response: Sacramento, CA
This report presents the results of our audit of the Mail Theft Mitigation and Response: Sacramento, CA.