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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 activity and carrier vetting news, 8 October 2026
On 8 October 2026, FMCSA's Motus records showed 151 operating authorities go inactive (2 of them broker authorities), 10 new authority applications appear and 410 authorities become active. Liability insurance dropped off 286 authorities, 4 surety bonds or trust funds went off file and cargo insurance dropped off 1 authority.
FMCSA changes on 8 October 2026
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
151
2 of them broker authorities
Liability insurance dropped
286
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
4
Surety bond or trust fund off file
Cargo insurance dropped
1
Cargo filing off file
Returned mail flagged
8
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
10
1 for broker authority
Granted or reinstated
410
Motus status now Active
Phone, email and address all changed
10
375 changed at least one
Census status to inactive
50
From MCS-150 updates
The last 2 days
| Day | Gone inactive | Liability dropped | Bonds dropped | Returned mail | New applications | Contact changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2026 | 151 | 286 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 375 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 144 | 211 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 44 |
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.
Jury convicts 2 in Singh Organization cargo theft case
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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
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Brokers Face RICO Suit Over Cheap Freight, but a 2006 Supreme Court Case May Shut It Down
A RICO suit against brokers over cheap freight shows legal risk in broker-carrier dealings, so brokers should monitor liability and compliance exposure.
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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.
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