Pakistani national charged with defrauding US Postal Service of $126m

A 33-year-old Pakistani national from Khanewal has been charged with defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) of $125 million, according to a press release by the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Florida. The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury, alleges that the suspect operated an unauthorized website that sold over five million counterfeit US postage labels at a fixed price of $2 each, regardless of the package's size, weight, or destination.

This allowed customers to post items at significantly lower rates than legitimate USPS prices. The investigation found that more than 5,200 individuals purchased over 5.1 million counterfeit shipping labels from the website, resulting in losses exceeding $126 million for the USPS. US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones stated that the website has been shut down, the domain seized, and federal charges have been brought against its alleged operator.

The suspect faces charges including conspiracy to defraud the US, making and selling counterfeit postage stamps, and wire fraud. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison for the conspiracy and wire fraud charges, with a maximum sentence of 20 years per wire fraud count.