Pakistani National Charged with Defrauding US Postal Service of Over $100 Million by Selling Counterfeit Postage Online
MIAMI / Monday, September 28, 2026 – A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida has returned an indictment charging a Pakistani national with operating an unauthorized website that allegedly sold more than 5 million counterfeit U.S. postage labels, causing more than $126 million in losses to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
According to court records, Faheem Akram, 33, of Khanewal, Pakistan, operated LabelsBank.com, an online website that allegedly sold counterfeit U.S. postage at a fixed rate — typically $2 per label — regardless of a package’s weight, size, or destination. LabelsBank.com was not authorized to sell USPS products and services. The counterfeit labels allegedly allowed customers to ship packages at rates far below legitimate USPS prices, resulting in substantial lost revenue and shipping costs to the Postal Service.
“The alleged scheme was simple but massive: sell counterfeit postage online at fixed, cut-rate prices, as little as $2 per label, regardless of a package’s weight, size, or destination, enabling customers to avoid legitimate Postal Service charges,” said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida. “The indictment alleges more than 5.1 million counterfeit labels and more than $126 million in losses. Through the work of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and our prosecutors, the website has been shut down, the domain seized, and federal charges brought against its alleged operator, a Pakistani national.”
“Our reach goes beyond our borders,” said Inspector in Charge Bladismir Rojo of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Miami Division. “Transnational criminal organizations defrauding the Postal Service and targeting U.S consumers by pushing phony postage, will be found and brought to justice.”
The investigation revealed that over 5,200 individuals used LabelsBank.com to purchase more than 5.1 million counterfeit shipping labels, resulting in more than $126 million in alleged losses to USPS. In conjunction with the indictment, USPS obtained a court order authorizing the seizure and shutdown of the website.
Akram is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to make and sell counterfeit postage stamps, five counts of making and selling counterfeit postage stamp labels, and four counts of wire fraud. If convicted, Akram faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on the conspiracy and counterfeit postage counts and 20 years in prison on each wire fraud count.
The USPIS Miami Division is investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jon Juenger and Jacqueline DerOvanesian are prosecuting the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Grosnoff is handling asset forfeiture.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.sdfl.uscourts.gov, under case number 26-cr-60249.
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Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida
