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Posted on 10/21/2026 8:34:52 AM PDT by DFG
Pakistani authorities acting on intelligence arrested a man Tuesday accused of running an online counterfeit postage operation that U.S. prosecutors say caused more than $126 million in losses to the U.S. Postal Service, Pakistan’s cybercrime investigation agency said.
Faheem Akram, 33, was arrested after a weekslong search involving raids across several parts of the country, a senior official at the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, Atif Ameer, told reporters.
Akram, a resident of Khanewal in eastern Punjab province, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the district said in a Sept. 28 statement.
The office alleged that Akram operated LabelsBank.com, an unauthorized website that sold more than 5.1 million counterfeit postage labels to more than 5,200 customers.
The labels typically cost $2 each, regardless of a package’s weight, size or destination.
The counterfeit labels allowed customers to ship packages at prices far below legitimate postal rates, resulting in lost revenue and shipping costs for the Postal Service, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Its estimate of more than $126 million represents alleged losses to the Postal Service rather than proceeds from the website’s sales.
Ameer said Pakistani investigators found that Akram operated the website from August 2023 through September 2026 and used 16 bank accounts for the business.
Those included accounts held by Akram, his brother, wife, sister and aunt, he said.
It was unclear whether Akram would be extradited to the United States or face trial in Pakistan.
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AI would be perfect for hunting this type of fraud down
You're right. If we can stop democrats from taking over the system AI will be a strong force for good in the world.
Akram, his brother, wife, sister and aunt,
Islamic family values
I first read about this in early 2024, when Chinese junk shippers (like Temu) used fraudulent QR codes to ship for free via USPS. It took until 2026 to shut this guy down? Show me one thing USPS is doing that reflects the amazing technological advances we are all living in. They are a complete and utter joke; it’s not surprising they get played like this.
Seems like 99% of Muslims are CRIMINALS!!!
Glad to say I alerted the Postal Inspection Service when I smelled a rat on this. I’m sure I was only one of many. One thing everyone in the USPS knows: Postal Inspectors are like bloodhounds; relentless.
“ Pakistani authorities acting on intelligence arrested a man Tuesday….”
He obviously failed to use enough of that $120 million to bribe the Paki police.
But they make the other 1% look bad. /sarc
diversity is our strength ...
I suspect That they get away with this in their country If they share
And everyone looks the other way
Trump’s 1% tipoff reward offer is already bearing fruit !
And we pay for the Postal Service issues. So they’re busted.
As a retired usps carrier, we were aware of these fake labels. It was obvious at times where weight of the package was missing from the label. Or the label said four ounces and was clearly heavier. This was just one example. When I would show my post master, he would shrug it off and say deliver it anyway. This could have been taken care of years ago but nobody wanted to investigate.
“It was unclear whether Akram would be extradited to the United States or face trial in Pakistan.”
Send Paki Akram to Saudi Arabia and have him wipe his muddy shoes on a prayer rug in the mosque.
This is the way it's done!
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