Postal service employees use travel cards to gamble, pay bills and go bowling

Published June 21, 2017

Postal employees have spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on gambling, bills and other personal expenses, according to a series of reports by the U.S. Postal Service inspector general.

Federal employees may use government credit cards for official travel expenses, but some used theirs to withdraw cash before hitting casinos.

Nearly a dozen reports on closed travel card theft investigations were obtained by the Washington Examiner in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

One manager, who was not identified in the report, used her travel card to withdraw $32,000 in cash so she could gamble, according to the inspector general.