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A 33-year-old Pakistani national from Khanewal has been charged with defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) of over $126 million by selling five million counterfeit postage labels online at a fixed rate of $2 per label, regardless of package size or weight. The defendant operated an unauthorized website that allowed customers to send packages at rates far below USPS prices; this scheme allegedly caused significant financial losses for the postal service before authorities shut down the site and seized its domain.
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A 33-year-old Pakistani national from Khanewal was charged with defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) by selling over 5 million counterfeit postage labels, resulting in losses exceeding $126 million. According to a press release by the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida, the suspect operated an unauthorized website that sold these counterfeit labels for a fixed rate of typically $2 per label, regardless of package size or destination. This allowed customers to send packages at far cheaper rates than USPS's actual costs. The investigation found that over 5,200 individuals purchased these labels through the unauthorized site. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison for conspiracy and selling counterfeit postage stamps, as well as a potential 20-year sentence for each count of wire fraud.
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A Pakistani national has been charged with defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) of $125 million by selling counterfeit postage labels online, it emerged on Friday.
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According to a press release by the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida, issued on Monday on the website of the Department of Justice (DOJ), a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Pakistani national, a 33-year-old from Khanewal, with operating “an unauthorised website that allegedly sold more than five million counterfeit US postage labels”.
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that → accord → labels
According to court records, these were sold at a fixed rate, “typically $2 per label”, regardless of the size, weight or destination of the package in question.
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these → accord → question
This allowed customers to post items for cheap at rates “far below legitimate USPS prices”.
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customers → allow → prices
The statement also pointed out that the website used for this purpose was not authorised to sell USPS products and services.
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website → point → products
The investigation revealed that over 5,200 individuals used the website to buy more than 5.1m counterfeit shipping labels.
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individuals → reveal → labels
The losses caused to the service as a result were reported to be over $126m, the press release highlighted.
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release → cause → result
“Through the work of the US Postal Inspection Service and our prosecutors, the website has been shut down, the domain seized, and federal charges brought against its alleged operator,” US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida said, according to the press release.
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Quiñones → shut → release
He termed the alleged scheme “simple but massive”.
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According to the statement, the accused is charged with “one count of conspiracy to defraud the US and to make and sell counterfeit postage stamps; five counts of making and selling counterfeit postage stamp labels; and four counts of wire fraud”.
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accused → accord → fraud
If convicted, he faces a maximum of five years in prison on the counts of conspiracy to defraud and sell counterfeit postage stamps, as well as 20 years in prison for each count of wire fraud.
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he → convict → fraud
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law,” the DOJ added.
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DOJ → presume → law
In February, two Pakistani nationals were indicted in the US for their alleged role in a $10m healthcare fraud scheme that targeted Medicare and private insurance programmes.
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that → indict → Medicare
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