EVERY AMERICAN – EVERY DOOR EVERY BUSINESS – EVERY WHERE

YOUR PRESENTER

Inspector Morris is currently an Assistant Inspector in Charge with the Miami Division,

assigned to the Tampa Field Office. He received an appointment to the US Postal

Inspection Service in 1995. His area of responsibility encompasses the Northern and

Middle Judicial Districts of Florida as well as the Middle and Southern Districts of

Georgia. Within this vast area of territory, he is responsible for seven Postal Inspection

Service domiciles consisting of a total of approximately 45 Inspectors. They investigate

a variety of criminal investigations to include, Mail Theft, Bank Fraud, Identity Theft,

Narcotics, Mail Fraud, Mail Security, and Revenue Investigations.

Prior to joining the Inspection Service, Inspector Morris held senior manager positions

with the Riverside, CA Department of Education and finally, he is a retired Air Force

Officer, having served a combined (Active Duty and Reserve) total of twenty years

specializing in Information Systems/Communications and Information Assurance/IT

Security.

BARNEY D. MORRIS

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• Established the first “Post Roads”

• Ensured the security of mail transported via steamboats,

stagecoaches, railroads, and horses

• Secured the transport of the Hope Diamond

• Integral to enforcing the Child Protection Act of 1984

• Integral to enforcing the Mail Fraud Act, the nation’s first

consumer-protection law

• Investigates terrorism and anthrax threats via the mail

OUR HISTORY

OVER THE YEARS

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We support and protect the Postal Service

and its employees, infrastructure, and customers.

We enforce the laws that defend the nation’s

mail system from illegal or dangerous use;

and ensure the public’s trust in the mail.

We are the Postal Service’s Best-Kept Secret!

OUR MISSION

WHAT WE DO

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EVERY AMERICAN, EVERY DOOR

EVERY BUSINESS, EVERYWHERE

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WHO PROTECTS THE MAIL?

BUSINESS PROTECTION

Mailing Industry ―

• 8.4 million jobs

• $1 trillion in revenue

We’ll help:

• Keep your employee’s safe

• Protect your business

• Secure your operations

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• Assaults & Threats

• Asset Forfeiture

• Bombs & Explosives

• Child Exploitation via the Mail

• Civil & Administrative Action

• Consumer Protection & Education

• Controlled Substances in the Mail

• Corporate & Product Security

• Counterfeit Postal Money Orders

• Counterfeit Stamps

• Electronic Crime

• Extortion by Mail

• Forensic & Technical Services

• Global Postal Security

• Hazardous Substances (CBRNe)

• Identity Fraud via the Mail

• Lottery Fraud via the Mail

• Mail Destruction & Obstruction

• Mail Fraud

• Mail Theft

• Mailing of Prohibited Substances

• Money Laundering

• Obscenity via the Mail

• Polygraph Services

• Postal Asset Protection

• Postal Burglaries

• Postal Robberies

• Postal Vandalism

• Revenue Investigations

• Victim-Witness Services

OUR AGENDA

FROM A-Z

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HOW WE CAN HELP YOU

PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS MAIL CENTER

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• PEOPLE: Don’t handle it.

Isolate it immediately.

• PACKAGE: Clear the area of people.

Notify your supervisor.

• PLAN: Contact us.

Follow your facility emergency plan.

SUSPICIOUS MAIL & PACKAGES

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

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• Check for signs of immediate danger.

• Attempt to verify the contents by communicating with the

addressee or sender by telephone.

• In the case of a threatening package or letter, evacuate the

immediate area, wash all exposed skin, and call us.

RESPONSE PLAN

KEY DETAILS

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• All Postal Service operations—including mail processing,

accounting, payment systems, and payments—rely on its

IT infrastructure.

• We build relationships with foreign and domestic law

enforcement and intelligence agencies, and businesses,

to address threats.

• We ensure new postal products are safe for businesses

and postal customers.

CYBER CRIME

TARGETING THREATS

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MAIL FRAUD

AGAINST CONSUMERS & BUSINESSES

FRAUD AGAINST BUSINESSES

• Banking/Loans

• Commercial Bribery

• Coupon/Rebate

FRAUD AGAINST CONSUMERS

• Boiler Room/Telemarketing

• Business Opportunity

• Confidence/Fiduciary Swindles

• Internet Auction

• Real Estate/Mortgage Fraud/

Investments

• Lottery/Sweepstakes

• Charitable Solicitations

FRAUD AGAINST

CONSUMER & BUSINESSES

•Advance Fee

•Corporate Fraud

•False Billings

•Insurance

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• Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies

• Joint tasks forces

• Consumer groups

• Industry groups

• Universal Postal Union

OUR PARTNERSHIPS

DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL

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OUR COLLABORATION

PARTNERSHIPS/TASK FORCES/WORKING GROUPS

TASK FORCES

• President’s Identity Theft Task Force

• President’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task

Force

• Joint Terrorism Task Force

• High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program

• International Organized Crime Intelligence and

Operations Center

• Fusion Center at Organized Crime Drug

Enforcement Task Force

PARTNERSHIPS

• Alberta

• Saskatchewan

• Toronto Strategic

• Vancouver Strategic Alliance

WORKING GROUPS

• Financial Industry Mail Security Initiative

• DOJ’s Bank Fraud

• Securities & Commodities

• Mortgage Fraud

• International Mass Marketing Fraud

• National Center for Disaster Fraud

• National Cyber Forensics and Training

Alliance

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OUR COLLABORATION

MULTI-AGENCY INITIATIVES/PROJECTS/LIAISON

MULTI-AGENCY INITIATIVES

• Operation Rapid Refund

• Operation Homeless

• Operation Stolen Dreams

• Operation Broken Trust

• Gulf Coast Oil Spill Initiative

• FTC Business Opportunity Sweep

PROJECTS

• EMPTOR

• COLT

• JOLT

LIAISON

• U.S. National Central Bureau of Interpol

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

• Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Certification Center

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WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE

FROM ALL THE OTHERS

CONSUMER AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS

•National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

• 2SMRT4U

•Know Fraud

•National Consumer Protection Week

- Focus of 2012 Campaign –

Foreign Lotteries/Sweepstakes

- More than 2.4M illegal lottery

mailings seized containing

$677M in checks (FY11)

VICTIM WITNESS PROGRAM

• 1 of only 2 LE agencies with direct access

to DOJ’s Victim Notification System

•More than 57,000 victims processed in FY11

• Turnkey victim services including notification

and assistance referrals

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION PROGRAM

• Terminates the improper use of mail

•Provides expeditious protection to

consumers

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Barney D Morris

Assistant Inspector in Charge

U.S. Postal Inspection Service

BDMorris@USPIS.gov

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