Orlando trucking owner pleads guilty in $1M USPS freight auction fraud
A federal plea agreement details how false delivery entries triggered more than $1 million in payments for USPS transportation work that never happened. The post Orlando trucking owner pleads guilty in $1M USPS freight auction fraud appeared first on FreightWaves .
An Orlando trucking and freight brokerage owner, Khayyam Arif Oglu Farajov, has pleaded guilty to a $1 million USPS freight auction fraud scheme. Farajov, who operated Talishco LLC, participated in the USPS Freight Auction program from May 2022. The program aimed to secure trucking capacity through competitive spot-market bidding.
During the scheme, Farajov won hundreds of contracts between June 2022 and January 2023, but failed to send trucks for the routes he secured. He offered excuses for the missing equipment and later falsely marked shipments as delivered, triggering payments for transportation Talishco never performed. The scheme resulted in proceeds exceeding $1 million, which Farajov moved through accounts connected to shell companies under his control.
The USPS Office of Inspector General investigated the scheme, finding weaknesses in how the agency validated proof-of-delivery records. Farajov consolidated the funds into two personal investment brokerage accounts and invested them in the stock market for personal enrichment. Federal investigators traced the money and seized both accounts, leading to the indictment and charges against Farajov.
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