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Last Updated: | Press Releases

HSI Newark, USPIS Investigation Leads to Guilty Plea to Multiple Counts in Stolen Check Scheme

CAMDEN, N.J. — A former Penns Grove man admitted his role in a scheme involving checks stolen from the mail and other sources following a joint investigation by HSI Newark and the U.S. Postal Inspector’s Service’s Philadelphia Division.

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2 Additional Defendants Arrested in Iowa, Wisconsin in Nationwide, Multimillion Dollar Return-Fraud Scheme

TAMPA, Fla. — An HSI Tampa investigation has led to two additional arrests in a nationwide multimillion dollar mail fraud scheme.

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Postal Employee Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Checks from Mail Following HSI New York Investigation

NEW YORK — Dendrick Emery, 42, of Brooklyn, was arrested June 5 for allegedly stealing checks from the mail following an investigation by HSI and law enforcement partners.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing titled “Combatting the Opioid Crisis: Exploiting Vulnerabilities in International Mail Security”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations Executive Assistant Commissioner Todd Owen addresses the of CBP in combating the flow of dangerous illicit drugs, including synthetic opioids, into the United States, specifically through international mail and express consignment carrier shipments.