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Business

Trucking rap sheet: ‘Chameleon carriers,’ inspector bribes, CDL schemes, more

A trucking company was sentenced to fines and probation after reincarnating, a Texas fleet owner pleaded guilty to bribing state troopers for clean inspections, a Washington state drug tester pleaded guilty to testing fraud, and CDL testers in California and Mississippi pleaded guilty to fraud.

January 17, 2018

Business

Trucking rap sheet: Drivers must retest after Florida CDL testing scheme

Truckers tested after Jan. 1, 2017, by Key Power Driving School in Florida will be required to retest for their CDL after the discovery of a testing scheme. A man was also sentenced for running a USDOT number scheme, and a man pleaded guilty to illegally hauling hazmat.

November 29, 2017

Business

Trucking rap sheet: Trucker sentenced in homicide case, drivers involved in drug trafficking

A Georgia truck driver was sentenced for homicide of Georgia Port Authority officer, a trucker got 30 years for drug trafficking, another driver was arrested for having more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana in his truck and more.

August 31, 2017

Channel 19

Disruptive behavior most truckers wouldn’t give a demerit

Would margin transparency in brokered freight transactions be a disruption worth lauding? Here, a run back through recent history’s arguments for — and occasionally against.

June 27, 2017

Business

Trucking rap sheet: Carrier smuggles weed from Mexico, two sentenced for defrauding shippers

An El Paso, Texas, trucking company owner was sentenced to more than two years in prison for his role in a 14-year marijuana smuggling operation. Additionally, a Florida man pleaded guilty to a CDL testing scheme.

June 8, 2017

Business

Two Detroit DOT officials charged in CDL fraud scheme

Two Department of Transportation employees for the city of Detroit have been hit with felony charges for allegedly taking cash bribes in a CDL fraud scheme, according to the DOT Office of Inspector General.

February 14, 2017

Business

Trucking rap sheet: Carrier owner arrested for $1M in unpaid tolls, Pa. med examiner suspended

A New Jersey trucking company owner was recently arrested for having more than $1 million in unpaid tolls and fees accrued over a 13-month period, and a Pennsylvania woman accused of continuing to perform CDL medical exams after being suspended by the state has been suspended by the FMCSA.

January 19, 2017

Business

Trucking rap sheet: Trucker medical examiners involved in fraud cases, another sentencing in CDL test scheme

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General recently announced court activity in five trucking-related crime investigations. Here’s a summary of what happened with each: Florida man sentenced in CDL testing scheme Adrian Salari was sentenced Oct. 3 to six months in prison, which will be followed by a year of supervised release for his role […]

November 1, 2016

Business

Cargo theft trends: With Scott Cornell and the Travelers Insurance sting trailer

Cornell says the fastest-growing category of “strategic cargo theft” is seeing thieves utilize sophisticated identity theft and other schemes toward posing as legitimate truckers to make off with freight. How Travelers’ sting trailer has been used to combat it.

November 1, 2016

Business

Trucking rap sheet: False med cert submissions, falsified overweight permits

An overweight permit company has been charged with producing falsified permits, and a man has pled guilty to hauling hazmat without a CDL.

July 25, 2016

Voices

Voices on the issues in post-crash litigation following June cover story

Readers respond to the issues around post-crash litigation, including strategies for prevention in the event that the worst happens.

July 5, 2016

Voices

Caught on camera: Attempted insurance fraud?

The extreme-brake-check entries are growing in Overdrive’s Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted and other videos of on-highway events, this one in a center lane on the George Washington Bridge into New York City.

May 13, 2016