Counterfeit postal stamps worth nearly $150,000 were confiscated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigators in ...

There has been an increase in encounters with counterfeit postage stamps around card-heavy holidays, officials said.

Officers in Chicago and Birmingham intercepted two shipments in the last couple of weeks worth around $264,000.

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