Vol 15 No 19
Sam Houston State University - A Member of the Text State University System
U.S. Postal Inspector Carl King investigates drugs, child pornography, financial fraud and identity theft using the U.S. Mail.
With 65 percent of narcotics being transported through the mail, express services or private mail carriers, Carl King decided the best way to fight drugs was at the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
During his 11 years as a Postal Inspector, King has had plenty of opportunity to intercede not only with narcotics and its financial proceeds, but also with child pornography, financial fraud and identity theft. He helped break up a Russian fraud ring that netted $2.3 million and an identity theft group from Nigeria that bilked 500 people out of $8 million. He has seized thousands of dollars in drug money and hundreds of pounds of marijuana all through cases that started with the U.S. Mail.
“We protect the mail, the employees and the customers of the U.S. Postal System,” said King. “Our nexus comes with the mail. If someone skims a credit card and the credit card statement comes through the mail, we get involved.”
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