Why rely on any news item when you can easily read the original report at:
https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/...0only508.docFirst of all, that 134m U$D is the
total of all revenue loss, to wit:
Quote:
Postal Inspectors identified $134.42 million in revenue fraud losses.
Moreover, the report identifies counterfeit stamps as only one of ten ...
Quote:
... Counterfeit stamps ... are one of the 10 biggest threats to Postal Service revenue, according to the 2009 annual report of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service ...
Now, notice where "counterfeit stamps" falls on the list:
Quote:
Postal Inspection Service expertise in revenue protection and investigation identified recurring risk in 10 specific areas which pose the greatest threat to Postal Service revenue:
Fraudulent bypass mailings, where a mailing bypasses postal employee verification and payment.
Improper presorted (discount) mail, where the mailer submits more mail than claimed or claims refunds for higher mail volumes than were entered in the mailstream.
Altered plant-verified drop shipments, in which the mailer adds pieces after a mailing is verified or otherwise misrepresents the mailing.
The mailing fails to meet requirements for the rate claimed or does not have a valid authorization for preferential rates, such as for Periodical or nonprofit mail.
Bribery, collusion, or employee misconduct. For example, the mailer, alone or with the help of a postal employee, avoids postage payments.
The mailer counterfeits meter indicia or manipulates meters to avoid paying postage.
The mailer counterfeits or alters information-based indicia (IBI) postage.
The mailer uses a fraudulent credit card or bad check to pay for postal products or services.
The mailer uses counterfeit stamps.
A third-party mailer charges postal customers for services not provided, giving customers the impression the Postal Service failed to provide the service.
Lastly, the report:
- does
not tell us which sources of revenue loss are most easily (productively) (profitably) defeated, and
- does
not tell all of the other sources of loss to the USPS which might dwarf counterfeit stamps.
However,
reading the 59-page
will give you a handy list of things that are almost certainly more important to them, and to us.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
Posted 05/17/2018 5:40 pm
