Delaware State Police arrested a man after fraudulent commercial documents and a fake license plate were used to detach and drive away a loaded trailer from a New Castle warehouse on Sept. 14. The trailer was later located in Newark.
Two men used counterfeit commercial driver’s licenses, forged shipping paperwork and a false plate to pick up a loaded trailer at a New Castle, DE warehouse on Sept. 14.
Officials ask anyone with information to contact Detective S. Marioni at (302) 365-8388 or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-3333.
On Monday, September 14, at about 9:15 a.m., two men in a tractor-trailer arrived at Emolo Consumer Electronics on River Road in New Castle, Delaware. They identified themselves as FedEx drivers, presented commercial driver's licenses and shipping documents, hooked up to a loaded trailer and left the property.
Later that day the shipper determined the paperwork was fraudulent. The shipper located the tractor-trailer parked at University Plaza in Newark, Delaware and contacted law enforcement.
Delaware State Police troopers responded, located one of the men and determined his CDL and the license plate on the tractor-trailer were fake. Troopers arrested 35-year-old Dushatdaman Parihar of Manteca, California. Authorities did not identify or locate the second man involved.
Delaware State Police are seeking information about the second suspect. Contact options provided in the report:
The reporting on this incident appears alongside other recent cargo-fraud and cargo-theft stories: separate cases cited in related coverage include alleged fraudulent carrier documentation used to hijack a copper load in Kentucky and schemes that cloned shipments or redirected freight in Illinois. Those related items indicate similar tactics—fraudulent documents, false identities and manipulated shipping records—have been used in other recent incidents.
Police have not identified or located the second suspect. The investigation continues, and officials ask for tips that could help identify the other person involved or supply leads about how the fraudulent documents and plate were produced or acquired.
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