PHOENIX, Ariz. – Three Phoenix area men were recently sentenced for their roles in a sophisticated fraud scheme against Amazon. Mughith Faisal, 29, of Glendale, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Tuchi on Feb. 5, 2026, to 18 months in prison. His brother, Basheer Faisal, 28, of Glendale, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa on Feb. 17, 2026, to 18 months in prison. A third defendant, Abdullah Alwan, 28, of Surprise, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich on March 2, 2026, to 6 months in prison. All three defendants previously pleaded guilty to Wire Fraud. The three defendants were also each ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution to Amazon.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Alwan was an employee of Amazon working in the company’s logistics division. After leaving the company in 2021, Alwan used his knowledge of Amazon's proprietary system that created and tracked transportation loads of Amazon products to increase the standard rates for transportation deliveries assigned to Amazon’s third-party carrier companies. Basheer and Mughith Faisal operated Blue Line Transport, an Arizona based transportation company approved by Amazon as a third-party carrier. Blue Line Transport knowingly received the fraudulently increased transportation rates that Alwan input into Amazon’s system, working with him to defraud Amazon of approximately $4.5 million.
FBI Phoenix Division conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aron Ketchel and Adriana Genco, District of Arizona, Phoenix, handled the prosecution. The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office appreciate Amazon for referring the matter to the FBI and for the company’s cooperation throughout the investigation.
CASE NUMBER: CR 25-01048- PHX-SMB, CR 25-01095- PHX-DJH, CR 25-01092- PHX-JJT.
RELEASE NUMBER: 2026-043_Mughith Faisal, Basheer Faisal, and Abdullah Alwan
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Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Arizona — U.S. Department of Justice press release.