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Man gets 2 years for $3.5M Amazon fraud using 23 trucking accounts
Fraudsters used multiple trucking accounts to bill for loads never delivered, so brokers should confirm carrier identity and account ownership before tendering freight.
FMCSA weekly report, 5–11 October 2026
So far in the week of 5–11 October 2026, FMCSA's Motus records showed 295 operating authorities go inactive (7 of them broker authorities) and 20 new authority applications. Liability insurance dropped off 497 authorities and 12 surety bonds or trust funds went off file. On FMCSA's census, 11 carriers changed phone, email and address on the same day.
The week in numbers
STOP
Changes that can read STOP on a carrier check
A carrier left with no active operating authority, or with no liability insurance in force, reads STOP: it may not haul for hire.
Authorities gone inactive
295
7 of them broker authorities
Liability insurance dropped
497
Liability on file went to none
CAUTION
Changes that can read CAUTION
A required bond or cargo filing that goes missing, and mail FMCSA could not deliver, each read CAUTION.
Bonds dropped
12
Surety bond or trust fund off file
Cargo insurance dropped
3
Cargo filing off file
Returned mail flagged
15
Carriers FMCSA could not reach by mail
Context
New, reinstated and changed records
Not a verdict on their own. Changing phone, email and address at once is often routine, and it is also the step a carrier identity theft needs, so CarrierScrub shows each change on the carrier’s page.
New authority applications
20
4 for broker authority
Granted or reinstated
884
Motus status now Active
Phone, email and address all changed
11
419 changed at least one
Census status to inactive
59
USDOT numbers moved to inactive
Every one of these can happen to a carrier you used last month. Check a carrier before you tender, or upload your carrier list to check them all at once.
Day by day
| Day | Gone inactive | Liability dropped | Bonds dropped | Returned mail | New applications | Phone, email & address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2026 | Not counted: the archive’s first day, with no earlier day to compare | |||||
| 6 Oct 2026 | 144 | 211 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Not counted | |||||
| 8 Oct 2026 | 151 | 286 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | To come | |||||
| 10 Oct 2026 | To come | |||||
| 11 Oct 2026 | To come | |||||
| Week | 295 | 497 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 11 |
The week’s headlines for brokers
Each links to the publisher; the sentence under it is CarrierScrub’s, written with AI from the headline and the publisher’s summary.
Jury convicts 2 in Singh Organization cargo theft case
Two people were convicted in an organized cargo theft case, showing brokers should verify carrier identity and legitimacy before handing over freight.
LAPD uncovers $1M in stolen BNSF and Union Pacific rail cargo at Los Angeles–area shoe retailer
Stolen cargo recovered from rail shipments shows cargo theft risk, so brokers should keep verifying carriers and securing high-value loads.
Transfix integrates E3 driver fraud screening into TMS
Freight fraud is targeting legitimate loads through deceptive pickups, so brokers should verify driver identity before releasing pickup numbers.
Borderlands Mexico: Identity thieves target customs payments in cross-border freight
Identity thieves are targeting customs payments in cross-border freight, a fraud risk brokers should weigh when handling cross-border loads.
US, Canada truck enforcement blitzes sideline 350 drivers, vehicles
US and Canadian enforcement blitzes sidelined trucks and drivers for licensing, equipment and distracted-driving violations, showing why carrier compliance checks matter.
Motus rollout creates opportunities for threat actors
Motus rollout creates opportunities for threat actors, so freight fraud risk may increase during the transition.
FMCSA’s Elison: ‘weeks’ away from fixing Motus user experience
FMCSA is weeks away from fixing Motus user experience, so brokers should expect continued system disruption when checking carriers.
Thieves clone $60K shipment, redirect 41,000 pounds of glycerin in Illinois
Thieves manipulated transportation information to make a redirected shipment appear legitimate, so brokers should verify shipment details.
Supply chain collaboration, human judgment and digital security combat cargo theft
Cargo theft is rising, and experts say shared accountability among supply chain stakeholders is key to reducing incidents.
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How these are counted
CarrierScrub keeps a daily copy of two FMCSA open datasets on data.transportation.gov, Motus Carrier (each operating authority's status, required cover, liability, cargo and bond on file, and returned-mail flags) and the Company Census File (phone, email, address, name and status), and compares each day with the one before. These counts are the differences. Motus is compared in full every day. The census is compared daily for carriers that filed an MCS-150 update and in full once a week, so census counts run higher on the weekly sweep. A change FMCSA makes and reverses between two runs is not seen.
Weekly figures are the sums of the daily counts from Monday to Sunday (UTC), so an authority that changed twice in a week is counted twice. A day the comparison did not run, or on which FMCSA did not republish, is shown as not counted. Week-over-week changes are given only between two complete weeks with all seven days counted. To cite this week, link to carrierscrub.com/fmcsa-weekly-report/2026-10-05.
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Authority, insurance and contact details change every day, as the counts above show. A check takes a few seconds and is free for three carriers a day.