Fraudulent companies6 min read
Two men convicted of buying real trucking firms to steal $2 million in cargo
A federal jury found Arshpreet Singh and Vikramjeet Singh guilty of using purchased carriers to pick up loads that never arrived.
On September 29, 2026, a federal jury in Los Angeles found Arshpreet Singh, 28, of Sacramento, and Vikramjeet Singh, 31, of Fontana, guilty of conspiracy to commit theft from interstate or foreign shipments. Singh was also convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; Vikramjeet Singh was acquitted on that count.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, from March 2024 through June 2025 the pair and co-conspirators purchased or fraudulently used legitimate trucking companies to bid on authentic shipping contracts through brokers such as Uber Freight. They collected the loads from warehouses and never delivered them.
In one example, Arshpreet Singh bought Texas carrier Z&F Transportation LLC for about $22,000 in March 2024. Later that month a co-conspirator using that company picked up televisions in Fontana, California, bound for Florida; the load vanished. In May 2024 they acquired Skyways Trucking LLC and used it to steal laptops, televisions, solar panels, and other goods.
What was taken and where
- Estimated losses of at least $2 million
- Goods included televisions, laptops, appliances, solar panels, vacuums, LED lights, shoes, and tires
- Thefts hit warehouses in Fontana, Vernon, Santa Fe Springs, Perris, City of Industry, Long Beach, Compton, Commerce, Pico Rivera, Chino, and Moreno Valley, California, plus Grand Prairie, Texas
U.S. District Judge Anne Hwang set sentencing for January 20, 2027. Arshpreet Singh faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in federal prison; Vikramjeet Singh faces up to five years. The case was investigated by the FBI’s Inland Violent Crime Suppression Task Force, IRS Criminal Investigation, and several California and Texas police agencies.
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