Mail Theft and current prosecution efforts (or the lack thereof).

The week before Christmas 2007 I was astonished to learn that my mail had been diverted to another state. My daughter-in-law had diverted all the mail being delivered to my address to her Tucson apartment.
Despite my complaints to the Office of the Post Master General and a copy of the document used by the Post Office to divert my mail which clearly shows the printed and signed name of my daughter-in-law and her then current address, the Postal Inspectors office refused to prosecute this "open and shut" instance of felonious theft.
Current figures by "Recent Surveys and Studies from Javelin Strategy & Research" indicate that there were 8.4 million US adult victims of identity fraud in 2007. The mean fraud amount per fraud victim in 2007 was $5,720. The mean resolution time was 25 hours per victim in 2007. http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/idtheftsurveys.htm#Jav2007.
The penalty for mail theft in Arizona is up to 5 years in prison and $250,000.00 in fines. But the crime is so widespread and the postal inspectors so few in number the odds of prosecution are heavily in favor of the miscreants. You'd think the Postal Service would come up with a more stringent COA form and confirmation procedures to make apprehension and prosecution more effectively pursued.