Court grants NCCIA four-day physical remand of suspect in counterfeit US postage stamp scam

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Friday granted the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) a further four-day physical remand of the prime suspect in a Rs35 billion fraud involving the online sale of counterfeit US postage stamps . The NCCIA produced suspect Faheem Akram and his co-suspect, Naeem, before the court after their previous four-day remand expired. The investigating officer (IO) sought further custody of the suspects for interrogation. Magistrate Naeem Wattoo granted the agency’s request and extended the physical remand of both suspects by four days. The IO was directed…