Pakistani national accused of defrauding US Postal Service of $126m arrested in Lahore: NCCIA
LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency said on Tuesday that a prime suspect in a case involving the sale of counterfeit US postage stamps had been arrested in Lahore. The US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida had identified the suspect as a 33-year-old from Khanewal. It said in a statement last month that he was accused of operating “an unauthorised website that…
A Pakistani national, 33 years old from Khanewal, has been arrested in Lahore, according to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA). The individual is accused of defrauding the US Postal Service of over $126 million by selling counterfeit US postage stamps through an unauthorized website named LabelsBank.com. The website operated from August 2023 to September 2026, selling more than five million counterfeit stamps at a price of approximately $2 per stamp.
The NCCIA's Lahore Zone Additional Director, Atif Ameer, revealed the arrest at a press conference, stating that the agency traced the suspect's financial activities through 16 bank accounts, seven of which he operated personally, while the rest belonged to family members and associates. The investigation involved 8 special teams across Punjab, Islamabad, and Sindh, conducting raids at 35 locations and questioning 47 individuals.
The NCCIA employed advanced digital and forensic techniques, analyzing 122 call-data records, 50 IMEI-tracking reports, and footage from 120 cameras.
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