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Man arrested in Pakistan over $126m counterfeit postage scheme

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A man has been arrested in Pakistan and accused of running a counterfeit postage operation costing the US Postal Service $126m (£94m).

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Both BBC News and Sky News lead on the arrest in Pakistan and frame the case as a large-scale counterfeit or fake postage operation tied to a $126m US loss. The BBC is the only outlet to name Faheem Akram and to add the detail that he allegedly sold more than 5 million fake postage labels at $2 each, while Sky News instead describes the scheme more generally as one that cost the US Postal Service $126m.

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