Chameleon carriers

Alberta (Canada) says 20 unsafe carriers have been eliminated from its roads, including 13 chameleon carriers.

As enforcement tightened on long-haul trucking, marginal operators did not leave the business. They moved into hotshot and auto transport, where the rigs are smaller, the inspections fewer, and the insurance cheaper.

Rob Carpenter breaks down what it was like working with 60 Minutes on their explosive segment about chameleon carriers and the Super Ego network.

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New legislation proposes using AI-powered screening to detect fraudulent carriers that change identities to evade safety regulations.

42 investigative article links covering CDL mills. Chameleon carriers. Fraudulent examiners. Bought legislators. Exposed vehicles. Every failure point in America’s deadliest supply chain crisis, exposed by an 25 year industry veteran.

One owner who hired an unqualified driver got 60 days. Other owner offered no time plea deal. The driver who killed seven was acquitted. The system that enabled them both remains largely unchanged.

The U.S. trucking industry is facing a crisis of overcapacity, safety lapses and national security risks, exacerbated by decades of deregulation and lax enforcement. Since March 2018, the number of active for-hire carriers has nearly doubled from 138,000 to 212,000 today, a 54% increase. According to SONAR’s OTVI index, freight volumes are only 1.2% higher […]

A former trucking company owner from Acworth, Georgia, reported to prison Thursday, a day after a federal judge denied a motion to postpone his surrender following his sentencing in a Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme.

Lawmakers in Canada are working to keep trucking companies with poor safety records off the roadways.

The Port of Oakland in California is experiencing a work stoppage and limited access to the container terminals as truckers escalate their protests against the state’s AB5 law.

Chameleon carriers have been a dangerous part of the transportation industry for decades, experts say.

A federal judge recently ordered Zach and Garrett Barber to forfeit more than $1.3 million in funds they derived in an elaborate 11-year “chameleon carrier” scheme.