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usps
Logistics Woman Sentenced to 2.5 Years for $150M Counterfeit Postage Scheme Shipping China Parcels
A Los Angeles-area woman was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for operating a $150 million counterfeit postage scheme that shipped tens of millions of parcels from China through the U.S. Postal Service. The case highlights the risks of fraudulent postage in cross-border e-commerce and the need for logistics operators to verify postage authenticity.
Logistics US Postal Service Averts Immediate Shutdown but Faces Liquidity Crisis by 2031, Warns Postmaster General
The U.S. Postal Service has avoided a 2027 shutdown through deferrals, but Postmaster General David Steiner told a Senate panel that the agency is nearly $31 billion in debt with only $8.9 billion cash on hand. Mail volume has halved since 2000, while addresses grow by 1 million annually. Steiner presented a stark choice: allow USPS to operate independently or subsidize universal service to support a $2 trillion mailing industry.