Fleet owner charged for alleged fraud scheme against Amazon

May 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM CST
A Connecticut trucking company owner was charged May 7 for his role in an alleged fraud scheme against Amazon. According to a press release from Marc H. Silverman, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Ameer Nasir, 24, of Trumbull, Connecticut, was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, an offense that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each count. The indictment alleges that Nasir registered 23 trucking businesses with Amazon Logistics to haul Amazon freight within the company’s network. One of the accounts was created in the name of Nasir’s business, Pak Express Transport LLC, and others were allegedly created fraudulently using the names and identifying information of other trucking or transportation companies without the knowledge of the operators of those companies.

May 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM CST

A Connecticut trucking company owner was charged May 7 for his role in an alleged fraud scheme against Amazon.

According to a press release from Marc H. Silverman, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Ameer Nasir, 24, of Trumbull, Connecticut, was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, an offense that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each count.

The indictment alleges that Nasir registered 23 trucking businesses with Amazon Logistics to haul Amazon freight within the company’s network. One of the accounts was created in the name of Nasir’s business, Pak Express Transport LLC, and others were allegedly created fraudulently using the names and identifying information of other trucking or transportation companies without the knowledge of the operators of those companies.