Pakistani police have arrested a 33-year-old man whom US prosecutors accuse of running a website that sold millions of fake postage stamps, costing the US Postal Service more than $125m, Al Jazeera reports.
Faheem Akram was detained on Tuesday after raids across the country, according to an official at Pakistan's National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency. A federal grand jury in southern Florida indicted him last month.
Prosecutors say the site sold more than 5.1 million counterfeit stamps at about $2 each, letting customers send parcels below official rates. Investigators say it had operated since August 2023 using 16 bank accounts, some belonging to relatives.
He faces charges including conspiracy to defraud the US and four counts of wire fraud, each carrying up to 20 years in prison. It is not yet clear whether he will be tried in Pakistan or extradited.
Source: Al Jazeera
