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LAHORE<\/strong>: A judicial magistrate on Friday granted the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) a further four-day physical remand of the prime suspect in a Rs35 billion fraud involving the online sale of counterfeit US postage stamps.<\/p>\n

The NCCIA produced suspect Faheem Akram and his co-suspect, Naeem, before the court after their previous four-day remand expired.<\/p>\n

The investigating officer (IO) sought further custody of the suspects for interrogation.<\/p>\n

Magistrate Naeem Wattoo granted the agency\u2019s request and extended the physical remand of both suspects by four days.<\/p>\n

The IO was directed to produce the suspects again on Nov 3.<\/p>\n

The initial investigation revealed that the suspect had allegedly been operating a website since August 2023 through which he sold more than five million counterfeit US postage labels online.<\/p>\n

According to the US Department of Justice, Akram was indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida in September 2026 over the alleged sale of more than 5.1 million counterfeit postage labels, which prosecutors say caused losses of more than $126 million to the US Postal Service.<\/p>\n

US prosecutors allege that the website sold the labels for around $2 each, regardless of the weight, size or destination of a package. A US court order authorised the seizure and shutdown of the website.<\/p>\n

The NCCIA had arrested the suspect, a resident of Khanewal, in Lahore.<\/p>\n

Money trail<\/h2>\n

In a press conference on Oct 20, NCCIA\u2019s Lahore Zone Additional Director Atif Ameer said that 16 bank accounts had been used in the scam. Seven of the accounts were operated by the suspect, five by his brother, two by his wife, and one each by his sister and aunt.<\/p>\n

He said the agency had expanded the investigation across several parts of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cEight special teams were formed in Punjab, Islamabad and Sindh to trace the suspect and investigate the network,\u201d he said and added the teams conducted raids at 35 locations and questioned 47 people as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvestigators also employed digital and forensic techniques to establish the suspect\u2019s movements and identify people associated with the operation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ameer added that investigators analysed 122 call-data records, 50 IMEI-tracking reports and audio and video recordings from 120 cameras.<\/p>\n

\u201cArtificial intelligence and other modern technological tools were also used during the investigation. A locator operation continued for 10 days as investigators attempted to establish the suspect\u2019s whereabouts and trace his activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The NCCIA said the major focus of the investigation was the financial trail generated by the online sale of the counterfeit stamps.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are examining transactions conducted through the 16 bank accounts and attempting to determine the flow of funds between the accounts allegedly belonging to the suspect and his relatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe involvement of family members is also being examined as part of the investigation, particularly the alleged use of their bank accounts in connection with the online business,\u201d the additional director said.<\/p>\n

He said the role of other individuals in operating the website, processing orders, receiving payments or distributing the counterfeit stamps was also being probed.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvestigators are also working to establish the full scale of the operation and verify the volume and value of the transactions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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