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by heartbreak 2958 days ago
> investigators who seem to genuinely be committed to enforcing those laws and chasing the penalties.

There are some pretty incredible stories about the USPIS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Inspectio...

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They also have a pretty incredible TV show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21G3vCXOIAc
Could you post a link to such a story? I'd love to read about it. Unfortunately the wikipedia article doesn't seem to have many leads for me just yet.
A short story about the USPSIS:

I was downloading Postal Service mp3s from Kazaa and ended up downloading some USPS disciplinary reports on accident. I shared them with a friend because I thought they were funny, and he posted excerpts on a message board. From there it somehow got to the USPSIS who tracked down my friend’s cell phone #. I eventually agreed to meet, so the inspector flew out from DC and met us at a diner in Santa Cruz. He showed us his badge and went over how I ended up with the files. The whole thing was sort of bizarre, but he was pretty friendly and seemed more interested in figuring out how the files got out than throwing the book at me or my friend.

Wow they flew across country to discuss over dinner something they could have just emailed/phoned about? They really do have a pretty boring job.