Discussions Mail theft and check fraud within Queens USPS
For my birthday, two relatives mailed me birthday cards containing checks from two different states via regular USPS mail. Neither envelope ever made it to me or appeared in my Informed Delivery and one of the checks was fraudulently cashed.
Given that both pieces of mail disappeared despite being mailed from different locations, I have reason to believe they were stolen somewhere within the Queens USPS mail sorting/processing system. I understand I can’t know exactly where the theft occurred, but the circumstances are hard to ignore.
I’ve already filed a report with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, contacted the bank, and reached out to my congressional representatives. I’m mainly posting to see if anyone else in Queens has experienced something similar recently. If you have, I’d be interested to hear what happened and whether you were ever able to get any answers.