A Connecticut man will spend two years in federal prison after defrauding Amazon through its trucking network. Ameer Nasir, 25, registered or caused the registration of 23 trucking businesses with Amazon Logistics. Federal prosecutors linked those accounts to more than 1,000 trailer movements that never occurred. The scheme ultimately cost Amazon more than $3.5 million.
U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley sentenced the Trumbull resident Wednesday in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Nasir received 24 months behind bars, followed by three years of supervised release. The court also ordered $3,547,090.93 in restitution. He must report to prison Nov. 12.
Amazon Logistics contracts with interstate motor carriers through Amazon Relay to move loaded equipment and empty trailers. Relay connects trucking companies with transportation assignments across the company’s distribution network. Nasir entered that system through multiple business registrations, according to federal court records. One account operated under his company, Pak Express Transport LLC.
Trucking identities opened additional accounts
Other accounts used identifying information belonging to unrelated trucking or transportation companies. The indictment identifies names, addresses and U.S. Department of Transportation numbers among the information Nasir misappropriated. Prosecutors did not specify how many of the 23 accounts involved those companies. Court records also do not explain how Nasir obtained their identifying information.
The fraud ran from December 2019 through February 2021, making the underlying activity more than five years old. Nasir used Amazon Relay to obtain transportation assignments and virtually check trailers out and back in. The platform typically used GPS geofencing to determine a device and trailer location. Prosecutors charged that Nasir evaded that safeguard by misusing Relay’s manual override.
One May 16, 2020, assignment showed Pak Express moving a trailer from Kent, Washington, to Lakeland, Florida. Amazon Logistics paid $4,566.41 for the trip, according to the indictment. Prosecutors charged that the trailer movement never occurred. Nasir ultimately represented more than 1,000 nonexistent movements as completed. Using 1,000 assignments as a baseline, the $3.5 million loss equals roughly $3,500 per assignment.
FBI investigation leads to guilty plea
A federal grand jury indicted Nasir on 13 wire fraud counts in May 2025. Authorities arrested him May 8 following an FBI investigation assisted by Amazon. Nasir pleaded guilty to one wire fraud count on March 6, 2026. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elena L. Coronado prosecuted the case.
Wire fraud carries a maximum federal prison term of 20 years. Nasir remained free on a $300,000 bond following his guilty plea. Sentencing originally had been scheduled for May 29 before the proceeding moved to October. Judge Dooley ultimately imposed the two-year prison term Wednesday.
The scheme ended in February 2021, leaving an important question for today’s transportation industry. Amazon has since introduced additional fraud controls within Relay, including identity and driver verification measures, according to previous FreightWaves reporting. The indictment shows how Nasir exploited the platform more than five years ago. Whether the same scheme could succeed today remains unclear.
Why it matters
One compromised trucking identity can create access far beyond a single load. Nasir’s scheme reached more than 1,000 assignments before costing Amazon $3.5 million.
CFCO
CFCO treats verification as a repeatable process, not an onboarding checkbox. Each transaction provides another opportunity to confirm the company, person and activity still align. Consistent verification can expose changes before the next transaction moves forward.
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