When about 60 customers on Amanda Turner's Spring Hill mail route complained that their mail had been tampered with and items stolen, the Postal Inspection Service did a test. ...more

February 18, 2009

People with concerns about undelivered mail should contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at postalinspectors.uspis.gov or 1-800-275-8777 and select "0" or operator. A story about stolen mail in Wednesday's Metro section gave the wrong contact information. ...more

September 26, 2008

Federal authorities, responding to the subprime-mortgage crisis, have formed a task force to determine whether lenders or Wall Street firms participated in fraud. ...more

May 6, 2008

TAMPA - A 26-year-old Tampa man was sentenced to 42 months in jail for stealing mail, credit cards and identities, the U.S. Attorney's Office Middle District of Florida reported on Monday. ...more

October 1, 2007

TAMPA - A 26-year-old Tampa man was sentenced to 42 months in prison for stealing mail, credit cards and identities, the U.S. attorney's office reported Monday. Frank James Miller stole more than 360 items of mail from residents in the Lutz and Carrollwood area from July to October 2005, court documents state. Miller was charged with two counts of possession of stolen mail, unauthorized use of an access device and aggravated identity theft. ...more

October 1, 2007