Pakistani man indicted for selling over five million fake USPS labels

A grand jury in the Southern District of Florida indicted a 33-year-old Pakistani citizen from Khanewal for running an illicit online platform that sold more than five million counterfeit U.S. postage labels. The site charged a uniform $2 per label, ignoring the actual size, weight or destination, allowing users to ship items far below official USPS prices. Investigators say over 5,200 individuals bought the fake labels, resulting in estimated losses of over $126 million to the postal service.

The indictment lists one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, five counts of making and selling counterfeit postage stamp labels, and four counts of wire fraud. If convicted, the defendant faces up to five years on the conspiracy charges and up to 20 years for each wire fraud count. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and prosecutors have closed the website and seized its domain.