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The FBI and Postal Service are investigating suspicious mail containing a white powder substance that was sent to election offices in at least 17 states this week, according to an ABC News canvass ...
September 17, 2024 at 3:44 PM. A U.S. Postal service mailbox in 2022 in Houston. The FBI is warning election offices to be on the lookout after threatening letters containing suspicious substances ...
September 18, 2024 at 4:40 AM. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, are investigating suspicious packages that were delivered to election officials ...
Perpetrator. Cesar Sayoc Jr. [4] Motive. Pro-Trump, far-right extremism (see also § Motives) From October 22 to November 1, 2018, 16 packages found to contain pipe bombs were mailed via the U.S. Postal Service to several Democratic Party politicians and other prominent critics of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Mail and wire fraud. Mail fraud and wire fraud are terms used in the United States to describe the use of a physical (e.g., the U.S. Postal Service) or electronic (e.g., a phone, a telegram, a fax, or the Internet) mail system to defraud another, and are U.S. federal crimes. Jurisdiction is claimed by the federal government if the illegal ...
The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), or the Postal Inspectors, is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service.It supports and protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that defend the United States' mail system from illegal or dangerous use.
The FBI and the US Postal Department are investigating suspicious packages received by election officials in 17 states. Federal investigators said they were collecting the packages and that some ...
Still, the suspicious mail delayed the counting of ballots in some local elections, the AP reported. The latest incident comes less than two months ahead of what is expected to be a heated election.