A 33-year-old Pakistani man has been arrested for allegedly running an online counterfeit postage operation that caused more than $126 million in losses to the US Postal Service (USPS), Pakistani authorities said on Tuesday.
Faheem Akram, a resident of Khanewal in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, was arrested following a weekslong search involving raids across several parts of the country, Atif Ameer, a senior official with the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, told reporters, according to a report by the New York Post. Akram was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida, the US Attorney’s Office for the district said in a statement. The investigation involved a search spanning several parts of Pakistan before Akram was arrested on Tuesday, Ameer said.
These included accounts held by him and members of his family, including his brother, wife, sister and aunt. Ameer said Pakistani investigators found that Akram had operated the website from August 2023 through September 2026. Akram used 16 bank accounts to run the business, according to the official.
The case concerns alleged losses to the US Postal Service exceeding $126 million. It remains unclear whether Akram will be extradited to the United States or face trial in Pakistan. The US indictment accuses him of operating the unauthorised postage label website, which allegedly enabled thousands of customers to obtain counterfeit shipping labels at a fraction of legitimate postal rates.
