Tag: double brokering

Overdrive Radio

Double-brokered freight fraud: How to prevent, with a U.S. postal inspector who cracked case

In this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, postal inspector Steve Cohen details how the scheme works and how motor carriers can stop it. Listen here.

November 13, 2020

Channel 19

Fighting ID fraud in the broker-carrier transaction isn’t solely on truckers

When ID thieves get between legitimate brokers and carriers, it's the trucker that bears the brunt of the burden. Learn how to combat this here on Overdrive.

November 11, 2020

Business

Man pleads guilty after scamming $1 million from truckers, brokers in double brokering scheme

A Maryland man admitted that he obtained Comcheks or similar services from brokers by posing as legitimate trucking companies and agreeing to transport freight. They then re-brokered the same loads to actual trucking companies and received payment from brokers for services they didn’t provide.

October 2, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Faces of the Road: Open-deck specialized hauler Randy ‘Kemosabbi’ Cunha

Do shippers and in-house brokers have an interest in seeing to it that their freight bill isn’t financing someone’s Maserati? “Shippers need to become more educated about what happens to these loads once they’re given to the brokers,” Cunha says, in this “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer’s Overdrive Extra debut.

March 13, 2018

Business

Highway robbery: More warning signs in negotiations with brokers

In addition to the “red flags” that ought to give any owner-operator pause during broker negotiations, one would do well to consider the following warning signs invitations to get more information from any broker.

March 8, 2018