A Connecticut man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for defrauding Amazon out of more than $3.5 million.

Ameer Nasir, 25, of Trumbull, was handed down the prison term on Wednesday in federal court in Bridgeport where U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley also sentenced him to three years of supervised release once he is released from prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.

Dooley also ordered Nasir to pay $3,547,090 in restitution. Nasir, who is free on a $300,000 bond, is required to report to prison on Nov. 12.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Nasir defrauded Amazon Logistics, an Amazon subsidiary, by registering 23 trucking businesses with the company and misrepresenting that he had completed numerous transportation assignments. Investigators noted that Amazon frequently contracts with various interstate trucking businesses to transport both empty trailers and trailers containing heavy loads of freight between cities as well as between warehouses and fulfillment centers.

Of the nearly two dozen businesses Nasir registered, one was reportedly done in the name of his business, Pak Express Transport, LLC. The others, authorities said, were created fraudulently using the names and identifying information of other trucking or transportation companies without their knowledge.

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

Federal officials said that he defrauded the company out of more than $3.5 million through the scheme.

Nasir was arrested in May 2025. During a hearing in March, he pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

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