Investigations & fraud defense
Strategic cargo theft,
investigated and prevented.
Strategic cargo theft uses fraud — not force — to steal freight. Cargomerica supports insurance carriers, law enforcement agencies, and shippers investigating these losses and building the defenses to stop them.
What it is
Fraud is the freight industry’s new freight problem.
Strategic cargo theft uses deception to steal loads before the real carrier ever arrives. It has overtaken traditional physical theft as the largest driver of cargo loss in the United States.
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Fictitious pickup
A fraudulent driver arrives at the shipper claiming to be the booked carrier and drives off with the load. The real carrier never picked up.
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Double-brokering fraud
A bad actor books a load and re-posts it under another authority. The real carrier gets stuck unpaid; the shipper loses the load.
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MC / DOT identity theft
Thieves clone a legitimate carrier’s authority, insurance, and contact details — then bid on real loads and steal them.
Who we work with
Three audiences. One shared objective: stop strategic theft.
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For insurance carriers
Investigation support on strategic theft claims: identifying the fraudulent parties, reconstructing the booking and dispatch trail, preserving evidence, and producing adjudication-ready findings.
- Entity identification & fraud-pattern mapping
- Booking, dispatch, and communication timeline
- Evidence preservation (rate cons, BOLs, carrier packets)
- Carrier and broker coordination along the chain
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For law enforcement
Operational and industry intelligence for agencies investigating strategic cargo theft. We provide the freight-industry context that makes a case move faster.
- Industry intelligence on known strategic theft actors
- Freight-operations context for the specific fraud pattern
- Coordination with shippers, carriers, and brokers holding records
- Subpoena-ready records preservation
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For shippers & customers
Prevention before the fact, response when it happens. A fraud-defense playbook built for mid-market shippers who can’t afford to lose a single load.
- Carrier-vetting playbook: MC/DOT, phone, email, insurance verification
- Pickup controls: driver ID, seal, and gate-log protocol
- No-re-broker clauses and audit-ready paperwork
- Active-load monitoring on high-risk lanes
Report a suspected strategic theft
Faster triage. Fewer moving parts.
Email the load details, the carrier identity used, and any documents you have — rate confirmation, BOL, driver communication. We triage 24/7 and loop in the carriers, insurers, and law enforcement who need to know.