Identity Verification
Confirming who is actually behind a carrier or dispatcher.
Vetting Isn't Enough Anymore: The Q2 2026 Data That Should Change How You Onboard Carriers
New Q2 2026 industry data shows that half of all freight fraud now flows through compromised inboxes, spoofed phone numbers, and account takeovers — not fake registrations. Here's what that shift demands from brokers who still treat carrier vetting as a one-time event.
Eight Indicted, Six Loads Stolen: How a $4.49M Carrier Impersonation Ring Beat Depot-Level Verification
A Manhattan DA indictment unsealed in June 2026 details how a crew allegedly stole $4.49 million in freight by presenting stolen MC and DOT numbers at loading docks across three states. Here is what every freight broker and shipper needs to check before the next pickup.
Eleven Names, Seven Fake Carriers, Zero Checks: The Zigmantas Case and What It Exposes About FMCSA Registration
Aivaras Zigmantas stole $10.1 million from roughly 90 interstate shipments by registering fictitious carriers with the FMCSA using UPS Store addresses and borrowing the identities of real motor carriers. His five-year federal sentence is a road map of every vetting gap brokers and shippers can actually close.
They're Calling From Inside the Carrier: How Fraudsters Hijacked Verified Phone Numbers — and What to Do About It
Verisk CargoNet's July 2026 advisory documents a new fraud tactic: criminals compromising carriers' VoIP phone systems to make calls that appear to come from verified numbers. Here's what brokers need to check now.
The Carrier That Wasn't: Inside the $10M Impersonation Ring That Just Got Eight People Arrested
A federal indictment unsealed June 30 charged eight people in an organized, international scheme that used carrier impersonation to steal at least $10 million in freight since March 2023. Here's what the playbook looks like — and the specific checks that stop it.
When a Carrier Sells Its Identity: The Hilder Herd Case and the Vetting Checks That Can't See It Coming
A carrier sold its MC number and digital credentials to a fraud ring that used them to steal $3.5 million in computer equipment — and every standard vetting check cleared. Here is what brokers need to look at instead.
CORCA Is Coming. Deceptive Pickups Are Already Here. Here's What Brokers Must Do Now.
Deceptive pickup schemes jumped 31% in Q1 2026, and the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act just cleared the House with a 348–60 vote. Congress is building the enforcement infrastructure — here's what that means for your carrier vetting process today.
The Ghost Behind the Wheel: What the GHOSTRUCK Act Reveals About Foreign Dispatcher Risk
A new bill on Capitol Hill exposes a regulatory blind spot that every freight broker should already be checking: foreign-based dispatchers can legally edit a driver's ELD records—and there is currently no federal prohibition stopping them. Here is what that means for your vetting process right now.