Missouri man accused of stealing $250K by issuing fake invoices for unloading semi trailers

A Missouri man was arrested this week for allegedly defrauding a grocery store chain through a fake invoice scheme.

On May 20, 2026, Richard Lind, 39, was arrested on five counts of wire fraud.

Lind appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Authorities say that Lind was employed as a site manager for a logistics company at a grocery store distribution center.

The logistics company “supplied the physical labor and heavy equipment to unload trailers containing the grocer’s inventory, as well as software for tracking shipments.”

Lind is accused of “creating false records for inventory shipments that had never occurred and false invoices seeking payment from the trucking companies for unloading those shipments,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.

After receiving the fake invoices, the trucking companies would seek reimbursement from the grocery chain.

Officials say that Lind concealed the scheme from the logistics company by voiding the records.

Lind then “used the electronic payment authorization codes that resulted from his scheme to obtain cash payments at truck stops, triggering more than 600 fraudulent payments totaling more than $250,000,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

This case was investigated by the FBI.