Federal prosecutors in Connecticut reported that 25-year-old Ameer Nasir from Trumbull pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a case involving the theft of over $3.5 million from Amazon Logistics. According to the investigation, he used a scheme scalable for digital freight platforms: mass registration of carriers, gaining access to shipments, simulating the execution of trips in the customer's system, and invoicing for services not rendered. Official details of the case are outlined in a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut on the U.S. Department of Justice website: guilty plea in Amazon Logistics fraud case over $3.5 million.
Nasir, according to the indictment, owned a legitimate company, Pak Express Transport LLC. But the key element of the scheme, as prosecutors emphasize, was that in addition to one real company, he registered 22 more
