Trumbull Man Accused Of Defrauding Amazon Of More Than $3.5M Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud: Feds

TRUMBULL, CT — A Trumbull man accused of defrauding Amazon.com, Inc. of more than $3.5 million pleaded guilty to wire fraud Friday, David Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced in a news release.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Amazon Logistics, an Amazon subsidiary, contracts with various interstate trucking businesses to transport both empty trailers and trailers containing heavy loads of freight between cities and between warehouses and fulfillment centers operated by Amazon.

Ameer Nasir, 25, of Trumbull, registered 23 trucking businesses with Amazon Logistics, Sullivan said.

According to Sullivan, one of the accounts was created in the name of Nasir's business, Pak Express Transport, LLC, and others were created under false names or by fraudulently using the names and identifying information of other trucking or transportation companies without the knowledge of the operators of those companies.

Between approximately December 2019 and February 2021, Nasir used these accounts to sign up for more than 1,000 transportation assignments with Amazon Logistics, manipulated information in Amazon Logistics' transportation management system to misrepresent that he had completed trailer movements when he had not and submitted fraudulent invoices to Amazon Logistics that were subsequently paid, according to Sullivan.

Nasir is accused of defrauding Amazon of more than $3.5 million through this scheme, according to Sullivan.

Nasir was arrested on May 8.

According to Sullivan, Nasir pleaded guilty to wire fraud, an offense that carries a maximum prison term of 20 years, and has also agreed to pay restitution of $3,547,090.93.

Nasir is released on a $300,000 bond pending sentencing, which is scheduled for May, according to Sullivan.