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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.
Industry news · updated daily
Carrier vetting news and FMCSA activity
Each morning CarrierScrub counts what changed on FMCSA's carrier records the day before (authorities gone inactive, insurance and bonds dropped, contact details changed) and picks the day's headlines that bear on vetting a carrier.
FMCSA changes
No FMCSA counts for this day. The daily comparison either had not run, found no change (FMCSA did not republish), or could not read FMCSA’s data. Earlier days are listed below.
Headlines for brokers
Stories on freight fraud, FMCSA rules and enforcement, and broker liability, picked from Federal Register, FreightWaves, Transport Topics, Trucking Dive, CCJ, Land Line, FreightCaviar. Each links to the publisher; the sentence under it is CarrierScrub’s, written with AI from the headline and the publisher’s summary.
6 October 2026
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.
CH Robinson to buy RXO for $5.8B, combining 3PL heavyweights
The proposed merger combines major 3PL brokerages and would grow network density, which brokers should consider when evaluating the brokerage market.
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How this page works
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.
How often is this page updated?
Once a day, at about 15:10 UTC, after CarrierScrub's daily comparison of FMCSA's records has run. Each day also gets its own page at /news/ followed by the date.
Where do the FMCSA numbers come from?
From FMCSA's own open data on data.transportation.gov: the Motus Carrier dataset for operating authority, insurance, bond and returned-mail status, and the Company Census File for contact details. CarrierScrub compares each day's copy with the day before and counts what changed. No carrier is named on this page.
Does CarrierScrub write the news stories?
No. Each headline links to the publisher that wrote it. CarrierScrub picks the stories that bear on vetting carriers and adds one sentence on why each matters, written with AI from the headline and the publisher's own summary.
How do I check a specific carrier?
Enter its USDOT or MC number in the free lookup at carrierscrub.com/dot-number-lookup. The result shows its authority, insurance and safety record, and what has changed on its FMCSA record since CarrierScrub's daily archive began.
Check the carrier. Then tender the load.
Authority, insurance and contact details change every day, as the counts above show. A check takes under a second and is free for three carriers a day.