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A California woman is accused of shipping over 9 million parcels using counterfeit postage, costing the USPS $60 million in lost revenue

June 6, 2023

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A California woman used counterfeit postage to ship over nine million parcels over the course of six months, prosecutors claimed in a recent court filing.

Lijuan “Angela” Chen was arrested on May 24 after postal inspectors from the United States Postal Service investigated the alleged fraud scheme, documents seen by Insider show.

She faces one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, and one count of use or possession of counterfeit postage, per the documents. Both charges carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison, if the defendant is found guilty.

According to an inspector’s affidavit, the USPS would have lost $60 million in revenue due to the apparent scheme.

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