>Akram is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to make and sell counterfeit postage stamps, five counts of making and selling counterfeit postage stamp labels, and four counts of wire fraud.
i would love more insight into how they come up with the number of charges. why five counts of making/selling counterfeit postage stamp labels instead of 1 charge that covers all 5 million, or 5 million charges, etc.
Likely a based on different batches. Printing a single page of X stamps isn’t N separate crimes because it’s based on distinct actions. So again submitting a single order for N pages from a print shop isn’t N different crimes.
But if on 5 different dates you submit orders, that’s 5 distinct actions.
Isn't it one count per distinct criminal act? I think they do it to keep things simple and sane. In some cases they'll drop some, or add more depending on how evidence grows and the case proceeds.
This is labels not stamps correct? How is that even possible?
Not sure if I should be horrified or impressed. That's an insane amount of postage labels sold.
I wonder how many were returned to sender.
>Akram is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to make and sell counterfeit postage stamps, five counts of making and selling counterfeit postage stamp labels, and four counts of wire fraud.
i would love more insight into how they come up with the number of charges. why five counts of making/selling counterfeit postage stamp labels instead of 1 charge that covers all 5 million, or 5 million charges, etc.
Likely a based on different batches. Printing a single page of X stamps isn’t N separate crimes because it’s based on distinct actions. So again submitting a single order for N pages from a print shop isn’t N different crimes.
But if on 5 different dates you submit orders, that’s 5 distinct actions.
Isn't it one count per distinct criminal act? I think they do it to keep things simple and sane. In some cases they'll drop some, or add more depending on how evidence grows and the case proceeds.
that was my understanding. i guess maybe they have evidence pointing to 5 distinct counterfeiting runs (of ~1MM stamps each) or something.
i know they like to throw more at the start for a better plea negotiation position, but 5 just seemed rather random here.