Addressing Broker Identity Theft

February 24, 2023

Overdriveonline.com and The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have posted articles
on preventing and reacting to the identity theft of Freight Brokers. It is an active, growing and serious
problem for truckers and brokers. You owe it to yourself to become educated in how to prevent and
where to report this fraud.

The below posts and articles in overdriveonline contain podcast audios\videos and other links with
extremely valuable advice in how to avoid becoming a financial victim:

https://www.overdriveonline.com/double-brokered-freight-fraud-how-to-prevent-with-u-s-postal-inspector/

https://www.overdriveonline.com/fighting-id-fraud-in-the-broker-carrier-transaction-isnt-solely-on-truckers/

The below post from the FMCSA’s website is instructive as well, especially from a
reporting standpoint:

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mission/help/broker-and-carrier-fraud-and-identity-theft

Liberty National Financial Corp. cannot expend BMC-85 Trust funds on claims arising from loads that
were not actually brokered by its BMC-85 Trustors.