Umer Hassan Mir, Fuel Billing Scam, New Jersey 2021

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Gas Station Manager Arrested for Fuel Billing Scam

NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey gas station manager has been arrested and charged with entering fraudulent fuel charges on Amtrak vehicles, U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

Umer Hassan Mir, 39, of South Amboy, is charged with knowingly and intentionally stealing and converting to his own use approximately $9,600 in money of a department or agency of the United States. He is also charged with making false statements to federal law enforcement.

Mir appeared by videoconference this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor and was released on $20,000 bond.

The investigation revealed that Mir, who worked as a manager and attendant at a Delta gas station in Metuchen, New Jersey, caused numerous fraudulent fuel charges to be entered on fuel credit cards leased by the General Services Administration (GSA) and assigned to Amtrak vehicles between July 29, 2019, and August 3, 2021.

The fraudulent charges were entered by Mir, who would manually enter information regarding fuel credit cards collected during legitimate fuel transactions electronically into the point-of-sale terminal. Immediately following certain false fuel transactions, Mir withdrew cash in the amount of the fraudulent transaction from the gas station’s cash register.

Mir made false statements to law enforcement when questioned about his presence at the gas station during one of the recent fraudulent transactions.

The charges against Mir carry significant penalties. The theft charge carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison, while the false statement charge carries a maximum potential penalty of five years. Each charge also carries a maximum $250,000 fine.

The investigation was led by the Amtrak Office of Inspector General, the General Services Administration Office of Inspector General, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with assistance from the Metuchen Police Department.