Daily printout: Oct. 8

The owner of a Georgia-based company that provided repair services to Postal Service facilities in five states was sentenced recently to a year in prison and was ordered to pay restitution for defrauding USPS.

Gregory Rehberg, owner of GLR Group, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Postal Service through falsified invoices.

EMCOR Facilities Services contracted GLR Group to provide repair and construction work at USPS properties in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama.

Rehberg submitted false invoices to EMCOR for supposed services GLR Group had performed itself when in actuality the company had subcontracted the work out for lower rates than it reported on the invoices.

GLR Group received approximately $2.9 million in payments, overbilling by nearly $739,000.

Rehberg was sentenced in May to a year in prison and was ordered to return the roughly $739,000 in fraudulent charges to the Postal Service.

The USPS Office of Inspector General recently highlighted the case on its website.

“We are pleased to have contributed to this investigation and applaud the exceptional work by the United States Attorney’s Office for protecting both U.S. Postal Service funds and the integrity of our repairs and maintenance program,” said Kenneth Cleevely, a criminal investigator with the USPS Office of Inspector General.

If you suspect or know of mail theft involving Postal Service employees or contractors, report it to the USPS Office of Inspector General.