The Postal Service distributed insurance payment checks to the defendants at their homes and more than a dozen post office boxes that they maintained.
Two Temecula brothers were sentenced today to federal prison for defrauding the U.S. Postal Service out of more than $2.1 million by filing thousands of fraudulent Priority Mail insurance claims.
Anwer Fareed Alam, 36, and Yousofzay Fahim Alam, 34, each were sentenced to 27 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu, who also ordered them to jointly pay $2,135,739 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.According to the U.S.
The Postal Service distributed insurance payment checks to the defendants at their homes and more than a dozen post office boxes that they maintained, prosecutors said.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news."The brothers then deposited the fraudulently obtained funds into their bank accounts,'' according to the government.
The USPS Inspector General's Office ultimately uncovered the scheme. The men have no documented prior felony convictions in the federal court system, according to records.
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