Lahore court grants NCCIA further two-day remand of suspects over US postage stamp fraud
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday granted the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) a further two-day physical remand of two suspects in a Rs35 billion fraud involving the online sale of counterfeit US postage stamps. The prime suspect, identified as a 33-year-old resident of Khanewal, had been charged by a Florida jury with defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) of…
A Lahore court has granted the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) an additional two-day remand for two suspects involved in a Rs35 billion fraud related to the online sale of counterfeit US postage stamps. The prime suspect, a 33-year-old from Khanewal, was charged by a Florida jury with defrauding the USPS of $126 million.
The suspect's arrest was first announced by the Lahore NCCIA in late October, and he was initially given a five-day physical remand on October 21. This latest extension of the remand is the third for the prime suspect, and second for the co-suspect. The investigating officer sought custody of the suspects for another five days for further interrogation, but Magistrate Naeem Wattoo only extended the physical custody for two more days, directing the IO to produce the suspects again on November 5.
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