multimillion dollar fraud scheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cYou know, it\u2019s the one thing that comes with fraud is that statement, \u2018If it\u2019s too good to be true, it almost always is too good to be true,’\u201d said U.S. Postal Inspection Service Miami Division Inspector in Charge Bladismir\u00a0Rojo.<\/p>\n
Investigators said that the website sold counterfeit U.S. Postal Service labels for around $2 each, regardless of a package\u2019s weight, size or destination.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Postal Service does not give discounts on shipping. There\u2019s set rates, everybody knows what they are, you can find them on their website or at your local post office. So it\u2019s definitely an indicator of some kind of criminal activity,\u201d said Jason Qui\u00f1ones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida.<\/p>\n
Postal inspectors in Miami said that more than 5,000 customers used the site and bought more than 5.1 million fake shipping labels.<\/p>\n
Federal authorities have since seized the domain and shut it down.<\/p>\n
Court records identify 33-year-old Faheem Akram from Pakistan as the man accused of operating the website.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said the case shows how an alleged scheme run from overseas can still target American consumers and cost a U.S. agency millions of dollars.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot only is he defrauding the U.S. Postal Service, he is also defrauding the American people, that they are buying these fraudulent labels and they could not work, they could lose their money on that, the package could not enter the system correctly,\u201d said Qui\u00f1ones.<\/p>\n
The case is currently moving through federal court. Authorities warned consumers to be cautious when postage is sold online at prices that seem too good to be true. <\/p>\n
Akram now faces 10 federal counts, including conspiracy, selling counterfeit postage, and wire fraud.<\/p>\n
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