U.S. prosecutors charge Pakistani national over $126 million fake USPS postage scheme

Federal prosecutors charged Pakistani national Faheem Akram with operating a counterfeit postage scheme.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the operation allegedly sold more than 5 million fake U.S. Postal Service shipping labels.

The scheme allegedly caused more than $126 million in losses to the U.S. Postal Service.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service shut down the unauthorized website.

Federal authorities are seeking information to locate Akram.

For Indian-origin online business owners and shippers in the U.S., using unauthorized postage vendors risks packages tied to federal counterfeit investigations.