An Orlando trucking and freight brokerage owner has pleaded guilty in a scheme that collected more than $1 million, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Khayyam Arif Oglu Farajov, 40, operated Talishco LLC in Orlando, Florida. His company participated in the USPS Freight Auction program for nationwide bulk-mail transportation.
Farajov enrolled Talishco in Freight Auction during May 2022. USPS launched the program in October 2021 to secure trucking capacity through competitive spot-market bidding. A 2024 federal audit identified 102 participating transportation suppliers during fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Between June 2022 and January 2023, Farajov won hundreds of contracts while carrying out the fraudulent scheme.
Hundreds of USPS contracts
Farajov routinely failed to send trucks for the routes he secured. USPS employees contacted him when equipment did not arrive for…
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