They used fake names and addresses to purchase packages and postage that included insurance for lost or damaged items. Thousands of fraudulent claims followed.
Two Riverside County brothers pleaded guilty last week to mail fraud after scamming the United States Postal Service out of more than $2.3 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's office of the Central District of California. Anwer Fareed Alam, 35, and Yousofzay Fahim Alam, 31, of Temecula filed thousands of falsified insurance claims on packages in order to make a profit, according to the details of their plea agreements, which were released by the U.S. Attorney's office Friday.
Then they submitted fraudulent insurance claims, alleging that the packages contained items of higher value that had been lost or damaged. They would sometimes include fake invoices and even photos of items that were not actually inside the packages. The pair cashed in thousands of insurance claim checks, the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General found, which investigated the case.
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