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Pakistan arrests man wanted by US over $126m postage fraud case

BBC10/21/2026
Pakistan arrests man wanted by US over $126m postage fraud case

Image source, Bloomberg via Getty Images By Anbarasan Ethirajan and Fan Wang Published 6 hours ago Pakistan's cybercrime agency has arrested a man accused of running a counterfeit operation that caused $126 million (£94m) in losses to the US Postal service. Faheem Akram is accused of having sold fake stamps via a fraudulent website in the US since 2023. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida last month for selling more than five million counterfeit shipping labels to thousands of US customers over the years. Authorities have now shut down the website. Earlier this month, the US Postal Inspection Service offered a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to his arrest.

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