Experts say thieves have been targeting mail carriers to get an arrow key, which allows carriers to open any mailbox in a ...

Criminals are stealing postal keys to unlock your mailbox and steal your identity.They're getting the keys by robbing letter carriers or buying them on the dark web.7 On Your Side Investigates ...

Often these mail carriers are attacked for their universal keys - also called arrow keys - that open cluster mailboxes often found at apartment buildings, industrial complexes and HOAs.

Postal Service employees retrieve mail deposited into blue collection boxes one or two times a day, using a specialized key commonly referred to as an “arrow key.” Each arrow key has a ...

USPS uses a universal key, also known as an arrow key, to open mail collection boxes, outdoor parcel lockers, cluster box units and apartment panels. Supervisors assign these keys — generally ...

“Typically, suspects obtain USPS mailbox arrow keys and gain entry into blue postal mailboxes late at night. Checks are usually stolen, altered and then deposited into bank accounts, where funds ...

The indictment accused the group of conspiring to steal mail during a seven-month period in 2024. The group acquired "arrow keys" from the postal service and then made new, counterfeit keys ...

Prosecutors say Billups and Riddick used the arrow key to steal mail from USPS collection boxes in the area. Gary was recruited as a getaway driver in connection with the collection box break-ins.

“The organization has also installed 28,000 electronic locking mechanisms in mail receptacles, replacing arrow keys and modified arrow lock keys.” The efforts are part of Project Safe ...

About two months after a USPS mail carrier was robbed of a USPS “arrow” key at gun point in Altamonte Springs in January 2023, Williams mentioned someone he knew had an Altamonte Springs area ...

When officials searched White’s car, they reported finding hundreds of pieces of stolen mail and packages. Investigators said they learned White had purchased a USPS arrow key from a mail ...

As banks face mounting check fraud, a newly unsealed indictment reveals how one criminal ring exploited weak spots in the system.