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How to report — or threaten to report — bad brokers, take action for payment recourse
What recourse action can you take against a broker for nonpayment? Learn how to report or threaten to report bad brokers here on Overdrive.
March 19, 2020
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Household goods moving fraud, tax evasion, CDL testing scheme
Action in three trucking-related crimes – including a CDL testing scheme, household goods moving fraud and a trucking company owner sentenced for tax evasion – has recently been reported by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General and the Department of Justice.
November 8, 2019
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Driver arrested for falsifying med cert, trucking company owners sentenced for falsifying DVIRs, more
Action in five trucking-related crimes – including a CDL testing scheme, medical certification fraud, falsifying daily vehicle inspection reports and a former FMCSA employee charged with theft – has recently been reported by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General.
October 16, 2019
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Another guilty plea stemming from disabling emissions control devices, CDL schemes, more
Action in five trucking-related crimes – including Clean Air Act violations, CDL testing schemes, defrauding FMCSA and a reincarnated carrier – has recently been reported by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General.
September 12, 2019
Business
Trucking rap sheet: CDL testing schemes, HHG moving fraud, more
Action in six trucking-related crimes – including CDL testing schemes, medical exam fraud, household goods moving fraud and falsification of safety records– has recently been reported by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General.
August 9, 2019
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Two sentenced in medical exam schemes, trucking company fined for illegally hauling hazmat
An Alabama woman and a Pennsylvania doctor were sentenced for their roles in separate CDL medical exam schemes. A trucking company was also fined over $3 million for illegally hauling hazardous materials.
June 20, 2019
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Trucker convicted of felony assault after hitting CARB inspector with truck
A truck driver in California has been convicted of felony assault after being found to have intentionally moved his truck and struck a California Air Resources Board inspector during a roadside inspection. A Mississippi CDL tester was also arrested in a CDL scheme.
May 13, 2019
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Two charged for HHG moving schemes, examiner sentenced for CDL testing scheme, more
A New Jersey woman and a Florida man were charged in household goods moving schemes, a California CDL examiner was sentenced in a CDL fraud scheme, a former Alabama trooper was charged with accessing FMCSA databases without authorization and more.
March 21, 2019
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Household goods moving fraud, cargo theft, false DOT exams
Action in three trucking-related crimes has been reported by the DOT’s Office of Inspector General. Get details on the trucking industry crime reports here.
February 7, 2019
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Various hazmat violations lead to nearly $2 million in restitution, penalties for trucking company
A trucking company and its owner were ordered to pay restitution of $644,689.70 and a forfeiture totaling $1,289,370.40 in monetary penalties for various hazmat violations. A man was also sentenced for a CDL testing scheme, while another was ordered to pay restitution for a shipping fraud scheme.
November 30, 2018
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Trucker leads police on 20-mile chase; driver caught smuggling 62 immigrants; more
This trucking-related crime and more discussed in the latest trucking rap sheet. Check it out here on Overdrive.
September 26, 2018
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Truckers busted with $1 million worth of pot
The latest trucking rap sheet includes truckers hauling marijuana, a carrier tampering with hazmat tanks, and medical examiner fraud.
August 15, 2018
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