A trucking company owner-operator is facing multiple federal charges after allegedly taking part in credit card fraud.

On June 3, 2025, Hasan Korkmaz, 44, was indicted on charges of bank fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California.

Korkmaz owns and operates Santee, California-based trucking company San Diego Logistics Group Inc.

Officials say that in 2022 and 2023, Korkmaz took part in a “bust-out” credit card fraud scheme that netted approximately $2.1 million.

As part of the scheme, Korkmaz reportedly obtained names, dates of birth, social security numbers and other personally identifiable information corresponding with real individuals and then applied for numerous credit card accounts with that information.

The allegedly fraudulent credit cards were used at various businesses, with charges as high as $18,500 in a single transaction.

Korkmaz is additionally accused of using checking accounts with insufficient funds or non-existent checking accounts to make payments on the credit cards to help keep those lines of credit open. “Korkmaz would then incur additional charges on the credit card accounts at or near the maximum credit limits for the accounts,” officials said.

“As alleged in the indictment, Korkmaz laundered the bank fraud proceeds, including by transferring proceeds from the fraud scheme to a Turkish bank account controlled by Korkmaz. In total, Korkmaz caused over $2,103,000 in losses to two banks,” prosecutors said.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.