BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT — A 25-year-old trucking company owner has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after orchestrating a years-long scheme that defrauded Amazon Logistics of more than $3.5 million by registering dozens of fake trucking companies and submitting fraudulent invoices for cargo loads he never moved.

Ameer Nasir, of Trumbull, Connecticut, owner of Pak Express Transport LLC, pleaded guilty on Friday, March 6, 2026, before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport. According to court documents and statements made in court, Amazon Logistics contracts with interstate trucking businesses to transport empty trailers and freight-loaded trailers between cities and between warehouses and fulfillment centers. Nasir registered 23 trucking businesses with Amazon Logistics — one under his legitimate company name, and 22 others created under false names or through the fraudulent use of other trucking companies' names and identifying information, without the knowledge of those companies' operators.

Between approximately December 2019 and February 2021, Nasir used these fake accounts to sign up for more than 1,000 transportation assignments with Amazon Logistics. He then manipulated information in Amazon Logistics' transportation management system to falsely represent that he had completed trailer movements when he had not, and submitted fraudulent invoices that Amazon subsequently paid. Through the scheme, Nasir defrauded Amazon of more than $3.5 million. He was arrested on May 8, 2025.

Nasir's guilty plea to wire fraud carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. He has also agreed to pay restitution of $3,547,090.93. He has been released on a $300,000 bond pending sentencing, which is scheduled for May 29, 2026.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with assistance from Amazon, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elena L. Coronado of the District of Connecticut.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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