Broker Fraud in Calif. -Independents Please read!

[Dispatch_This]

05/11/2007 I.T.S. Security Department is requesting information on these companies


All State Trucklines of Glendale Ca MC# 460879

Emmanuel Transportation Inc of Los Angeles Ca MC# 424175 DOT# 100833

Greenlight Truck Lines Inc of Tujunga Ca MC# 517289 DOT# 1368596

Sun N Soil Inc dba Concise Brokerage of Glendale Ca MC# 471299

Sun N Soil Inc dba East West Logistics of Glendale Ca MC# 472148 DOT# 1182592

Guardian Transportation Inc of Tujunga Ca MC# 540256 DOT# 1429465

Agape Solutions LLC of Tujunga Ca MC# 569920 DOT# 1528740

Masaa Transportation Services Inc of Glendale Ca MC# 575719 DOT# 1549646

MDM Logistics Inc dba Trans Nation of Tunjunga Ca MC#572491 DOT# 1538433

Fine Food Corp dba Millennium Brokerage of Burbank Ca MC# 529992

Skynet Trucking Inc of Los Angeles Ca MC#496669 DOT# 1600306

Fatemeh Zandvakily dba Lanstar of Tujunga Ca MC# 588049

Century Best Transportation Inc of Los Angeles Ca MC#595986 DOT# 1611845

Delux Trucks Inc of Van Nuys Ca MC# 553975 DOT# 1465961

Delux Trucks Inc dba Dependable Brokerage of Van Nuys Ca MC# 555287


Please send information to us at security@truckstop.com or via fax# 208-278-5571 attn: Security

[no_worries]

There's a whole rash of this stuff going on right now. If you're not thoroughly screening the brokers you use, you could find yourself hauling for free.

[person]

What is your "thoroughly screening" process?

[no_worries]

check all their credentials, how long have they been in business, credit ratings, and scrutinize their documents and how they do business.

[jnk2001]

check all their credentials, how long have they been in business, credit ratings, and scrutinize their documents and how they do business.

How do you check a credit rating about some company? I know if I want to check someone out, I use BBB and the attorney general's office.

There isn't much you can do to check out a broker other than some obvious things. If you call the BBB they will ONLY tell you he number of complaints and not the nature of the complaints.

I did check out a few of the listed people above and I would not have done business with them from the start. I have the credit check feature on ITS so I type in there broker number and I see all there accounts have been closed for some time. First signal. Some have an experience factor of either NONE or will not provide it. Second signal. Some have a poor performance factor and complaints against them which you can read. Third signal.

After I to take a load from a broker and they send me there packet I look them up on Google then find the actual company web page if they have one and make sure the phone number, address and fax number match the web page. If not, I call the company listed on the internet and ask about the broker. Usually I find out he's a remote office and he's ok.

Typing the name the company onto Google and other info can show blogs or other information that can raise a flag.

Keep in mind though. When a broker plans to go out of business they usually do it with a big bang from what I have learned. They broker out a ton of loads all at once before anyone catches on then run with all the money at once and is usually in excess of $40,000. They go out the door with a credit rating of A+ and that's the end. There isn't much you can do about that scenario.

[Orangetxguy]

There are a couple decent credit reporting company's, that you can use to check Brokers out. The biggest and best is Compunet, , which I just learned has been bought out, since last I used then (2 years ago). The other is an outfit, whom has a guy that post's regularly on the getloaded.com messageboard..I just can't remember that outfit's name.

Here is their new web address.
http://www.fadv.com/Transportation/compunet_credit.html

[rank]

The other is an outfit, whom has a guy that post's regularly on the getloaded.com messageboard..I just can't remember that outfit's name.

that would be Randy from RTS.

To the OP, thanks for posting that info.

[no_worries]

Yep, RTS. Personally, I think they're more on top of things than everybody else. From what it sounds like, they were the only ones on top of TEI. I'm pretty skeptical of newer small companies. I have a set of criteria they have to satisfy and even then I require different payment terms than I do with the more established companies. You can learn a lot just by the paperwork you get. I put quite a bit of stock in what the contract looks like. I like to see a company that has covered their butt without being one-sided. It speaks volumes about their business acumen.

[Dispatch_This]

Also-
Do not trust references provided by a new broker. They may be legit, but quite often the contacts on the reference sheet and the broker are connected in some way.

And I will vouch for RTS. Great service - worth the money.