Professional Mail Services, Inc. of North Carolina is not affiliated with Professional Mail Services, Inc. of Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Professional Mail Services, Inc. of North Carolina is not affiliated with Professional Mail Services, Inc. of Texas
Research Triangle Park, NC – June 23, 2010 – Professional Mail Services, Inc (PMSI) of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, a leading provider of direct mail advertising, announced today that an unaffiliated and separate direct mail provider, Professional Mail Services, Inc (PMS) of Houston, Texas, has been charged by the United States Government by indictment with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. While we share the same corporate names in our respective states, Professional Mail Services, Inc. (PMSI) of North Carolina and Professional Mail Services, Inc. (PMS) of Texas have never been affiliated with one another or worked together on any projects.
The indictment against David Herrera, the owner of Professional Mail Services, Inc. (PMS) of Houston, Texas, along with two other Texas based presort and mailing companies include two counts of mail fraud and four counts of postage meter fraud arising from a counterfeit metered postage. All six defendants are accused of conspiring to possess and use counterfeit postage meter machines to apply postage in excess of amounts actually paid to the USPS. The indictment alleges that over the four-year period beginning in January 2004 to July 2007, the USPS incurred in excess of $14 million in lost revenue as a result of this alleged scheme.
We applaud the efforts of the Postal Inspectors to identify and stop this fraud. This type of fraudulent activity hurts not only the United States Postal Service but the entire mailing industry as well. Aside from the legalities of these accusations, this type of activity results in increased postage costs for every honest mailer. Additionally, this activity allowed the accused companies to gain a huge unfair competitive advantage against everyone else in the mailing industry.
You can read more about the accusations levied against David Herrera, the owner of Professional Mail Services, Inc. (PMS) of Houston Texas on Postalnews Blog at http://bit.ly/9e94UV.
About Professional Mail Services, Inc. of North Carolina: Professional Mail Services, Inc., founded in 1981, is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC. Professional Mail Services, Inc. is one of the most experienced and largest direct mail marketing companies in the state of North Carolina specializing in direct mail advertising and lettershop services, transactional statement and bill printing, mailroom outsourcing, presort commingling, printing, data processing, fulfillment and mailing list acquisition. For more information visit www.mailpros.com.
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Contact information:
Paul Hamilton Jr.
Professional Mail Services, Inc.
3500-D Tricenter Blvd.
Research Triangle Park, NC 27713
919-354-8800
phamilton@mailpros.com