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Pakistani who allegedly defrauded US Postal Service remanded in NCCIA Lahore's custody

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Sheikh, W. A. (2026, October 21). Pakistani who allegedly defrauded US Postal Service remanded in NCCIA Lahore's custody. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2038787/pakistani-who-allegedly-defrauded-us-postal-service-remanded-in-nccia-lahores-custody

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Dawn · collected 2026-10-21 · by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh

Quick Summary

A Pakistani man, identified as a 33-year-old resident of Khanewal, was remanded for five days by a Lahore judicial magistrate to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Wednesday. He is suspected of defrauding the US Postal Service (USPS) through an unauthorized website called LabelsBank.com, which sold over 5 million counterfeit postage labels causing losses of $126 million. The suspect was arrested following a joint effort by US and Pakistani authorities and appeared before the court after being charged with fraud in Florida.
Written by AI on 2026-10-21, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On October 20, 2026, Faheem Akram, a 33-year-old Pakistani national from Khanewal, was arrested in Lahore by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) for allegedly defrauding the US Postal Service of over $126 million. Akram operated an unauthorized website, LabelsBank.com, from August 2023 to September 2026, selling more than five million counterfeit US postage labels at a price of around $2 each. The NCCIA conducted raids at 35 locations and questioned 47 people as part of the investigation, using digital and forensic techniques to establish Akram’s movements and identify associates involved in the operation.

Akram faces charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States and wire fraud, with the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida indicting him last month. The counterfeit labels allowed customers to ship packages at prices far below legitimate postal rates, resulting in substantial losses to the Postal Service. Akram was remanded into NCCIA Lahore’s custody on October 21, 2026, for further interrogation and investigation.

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Wajih Ahmad Sheikh
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🔮 He expressed concern over her health, saying she was an elderly woman and her actual condition could only be ascertained after meeting her.
2026-11-02 · assertive framing · LHC directs jail authorities to arrange meeting between Noreen Niazi, her daughters
🔮 The Punjab government on Monday told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that a civilian who commits an offence against the state and is convicted cannot claim the protection of fundamental rights, while seeking the dismissal of a petition filed by Barrister Hassaan Khan Niazi, nephew of PTI founder Imran Khan, challenging his handover to the army and subsequent trial in a case related to the May 9 riots.
2026-11-02 · mixed framing · Civilian convicted of offence against state cannot claim fundamental rights, LHC told in Hassaan Niazi case
🔮 Justice Khan then sought reports from the Punjab Home Department and said he would examine the matter after going through the reports. Among the three detainees, Noreen had been shifted to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) following her deteriorating health, on the recommendation of the doctors of the Kot Lakhpat Jail, where she has been detained.
2026-11-02 · assertive framing · LHC directs jail authorities to arrange Noreen Niazi’s meeting with daughters
🔮 Justice Khan then sought reports from the Punjab Home Department and said he would examine the matter after going through the reports.
2026-11-02 · assertive framing · LHC seeks report from Punjab Home Department on extended detention of Imran's sisters
🔮 Justice Khan then sought reports from the Punjab Home Department and said he would examine the matter after going through the reports.
2026-11-02 · assertive framing · LHC seeks reports from Punjab Home Department on extended detention of Imran's sisters
🔮 He further argued that suspending the detention notification would pave the way for the women’s release.
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🔮 The judge distinguished between accessibility and service, observing that an order may be accessible without having been served in accordance with the law.
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🔮 During a pending appeal before an appellate court, the petitioner had offered in August 2023 to have the matter decided by an oath on the Holy Quran taken by the opposing side, with a condition that the oath-taker’s wife would stand divorced if the oath proved false.
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Topics

Florida LAHORE NCCIA USPS the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency

Subjects

NCCIA ORG · 4× USPS ORG · 3× Florida GPE · 2× LAHORE GPE · 2× Khanewal GPE · 1× LabelsBank.com ORG · 1× Naeem Wattoo PERSON · 1× the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency ORG · 1× the US Attorney’s Office ORG · 1× the United States Postal Service ORG · 1×

Narrative

The suspect, identified as a 33-year-old resident of Khanewal, had been charged by a Florida jury with defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) of $126 million, the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida said on Sept 28.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-21
2026-10-21 · Dawn
Pakistani who allegedly defrauded US Postal Service remanded in NCCIA Lahore's custody · mixed framing

Claims (12 extracted, 4 hedged)

A judicial magistrate on Wednesday granted the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) five-day physical remand of a suspect in an alleged Rs35 billion fraud involving the online sale of counterfeit US postage labels. asserted
magistrate → grant → labels
The suspect, identified as a 33-year-old resident of Khanewal, had been charged by a Florida jury with defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) of $126 million, the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida said on Sept 28. asserted
Office → identify → Sept
The NCCIA’s Lahore zone announced his arrest at a press conference a day ago, saying that the suspect operated a website to market and sell over 5m fake postage stamps over a period of more than three years. asserted
suspect → announce → years
Subsequently, the suspect was produced before Judicial Magistrate Naeem Wattoo on Wednesday, where the NCCIA sought his 14-day physical remand for interrogation. asserted
NCCIA → produce → interrogation
The agency’s investigating officer told the court that the suspect had allegedly been operating a website, LabelsBank.com, since August 2023 to sell more than 5m counterfeit postage labels. uncertain
suspect → investigate → labels
Partially allowing the agency’s request, the court granted it a five-day physical remand of the suspect. asserted
court → allow → suspect
According to the US Department of Justice, the website run by the Pakistani national was not authorised to sell USPS products and services. uncertain
website → accord → products
The counterfeit labels allegedly allowed customers to ship packages at rates “far below legitimate USPS prices”, it said, adding that it caused losses exceeding $126m to the postal service. uncertain
it → allow → service
US prosecutors alleged that the website sold the labels for around $2 each, regardless of a package’s weight, size or destination. asserted
website → allege → weight
A US court order authorised the seizure and shutdown of the website. asserted
order → authorise → website
On Tuesday, NCCIA’s Lahore Zone Additional Director Atif Ameer said eight special teams had been formed in Punjab, Islamabad and Sindh to trace the suspect and investigate the network. asserted
teams → say → network
He said 16 bank accounts had been used in the scam, including some allegedly operated by his close relatives. uncertain
accounts → say → relatives
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