A former freight forwarder set up a series of scams, defrauding several logistics companies of millions

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Freight rates have been rising, and delivery times have been slow. In the past two years, cross-border people have been exhausted by logistics. However, the already poor families have encountered freight forwarding companies that have been dumping oil from time to time, and the series of thunderstorms have hit the sellers on their way to the sea.

Recently, a Shenzhen freight forwarding company was seized for illegal declaration. As the company was unable to repay the container storage fee of nearly 2 million yuan, the goods have not been able to be cleared and delivered smoothly.

However, before one wave of troubles is over, another wave of troubles arises in the freight forwarding circle. Recently, a former freight forwarder used the resources of his former company to commit fraud.

It was learned that a freight forwarding company A in Shenzhen recently issued an announcement that a former employee named Sheng used the company's name to open accounts with other logistics companies and carried out activities such as receiving and selling goods.

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According to Company A, the employee was born in the 2000s and immediately switched to a marketing position without any handover after leaving the company. During this period, he used the name of Company A's overseas warehouse to collect goods from Company B, and used the name of Company C to open an account with Company D, selling B's goods to D, and at the same time using the name of C to collect a large number of direct customers' goods.

▲ The picture comes from the seller’s disclosure

Without the knowledge of any company, Sheng caused Company C to owe Company D about 90,000 yuan, and the transaction with Company B involved a sum of 600,000 yuan. There were also a large number of direct customer companies whose details were unknown, and the funds involved were also hundreds of thousands of yuan.

What is more serious is that all the goods involved in the current transactions have problems, and the impact has expanded from the company involved to the large number of customers behind it. However, the person involved is still missing. According to insiders, Sheng has squandered all the proceeds from the fraud. This means that even if he is arrested, it will be difficult to make up for the financial gap in a short period of time.

Company A revealed that Sheng and his company had signed a confidentiality agreement during his tenure, but after Sheng resigned, he not only failed to complete the handover and clear the accounts, but also used company resources for malicious competition. Because he used the name of Company A, Company A suffered significant losses for no reason, and also had to bear the consequences of his fraudulent behavior.

The employee's series of tricks fooled many freight forwarding companies, and it was even more of a disaster for the sellers behind the scenes. It is reported that a large number of goods have been detained due to under-declaration and are still stranded at the customs and cannot be cleared.

One victim said that after Sheng received the order, he negotiated cooperation with a logistics company and deceived him into picking up the goods. In fact, he placed the customer's order with different third-party channels, then ran away with the money without paying the third party. Now that the goods have been detained, naturally no freight forwarding company is willing to take responsibility for paying taxes and customs clearance.

▲ The picture comes from the seller’s disclosure

Insiders speculated that Sheng's fraudulent activities had been planned for a long time, and he fled back to his hometown in Hunan as early as July. It is estimated that more than a dozen logistics companies have been involved in the case, and the amount involved is about one million yuan.

Since Sheng has disappeared, the responsibility almost entirely falls on the original company whose name he impersonated. Many freight forwarders and customers plan to file a lawsuit against the company to recover as much loss as possible.

▲ The picture comes from the seller’s disclosure

A seller said that recently many freight forwarding companies are in a state of chaos and have a high turnover rate. Many customers only found out after they had shipped their goods that the contact person had resigned, and most of them provided a private payment account. After defrauding the payment, they ran away, abandoning the goods, leaving the sellers and logistics companies relatively confused.

Similar bloody cases have occurred repeatedly this year. The cross-border e-commerce boom fanned by the epidemic has attracted many overseas companies to compete for entry, and has also driven supporting industries such as freight forwarding to reap the benefits.

However, when the wind turns into a storm, no one can remain immune. The freight forwarding industry, which is already a mixed bag, has become even less regulated after the dividends receded. There are endless incidents of false declarations for competing customers and fraudulent escapes.

For sellers, when choosing a logistics channel, they need to compare prices from three different suppliers and find out the details to avoid falling into the trap of unscrupulous freight forwarders.