HaulProof Fraud & Compliance Report: October 2026
Published 2026-11-06. Aggregate figures from HaulProof's daily copies of the public records (FMCSA, Ontario MTO, Quebec CTQ). No carrier is named. Free to quote with a link to this page.
Freight fraud has changed shape: fewer stolen loads, more stolen identities. A carrier can look clean on one side of the border and not the other, a phone number or email can quietly change hands, and a closed company can come back under a new name. Here is what the public records show for the month.
6,230
US-registered carriers had their operating authority involuntarily suspended in October 2026
2,936
active carriers match a carrier in bad standing on two or more kinds of contact or ownership detail
1,666
Quebec carriers listed by the CTQ without the right to operate (2026-11-06)
1. Authority suspensions, mostly over insurance
In October 2026 the FMCSA involuntarily suspended the operating authority of 6,230 carriers (6,280 actions). For 3,297 of them, the cause was a cancelled insurance filing. A carrier whose insurance has lapsed can still answer the phone and accept a load: only a same-day check shows it.
The FMCSA also issued 2,647 out-of-service orders against 2,646 carriers during the month.
2. Chameleon carriers
A chameleon carrier comes back under a new name after a revocation or a poor rating. HaulProof links every carrier to the others through the phone, email, address and officers on record. 2,936 active carriers (3,555 in all) match a carrier in bad standing on two or more of these kinds of detail. That link forces a High risk tier in HaulProof.
3. Contact details that change hands
Daily contact tracking began on October 26. In just six days, October 26 to 31, 1,199 carriers changed the phone or email on their FMCSA record; 539 of the changes were to the email, 286 of them to a different domain. That is the exact moment an impersonator takes over a record: HaulProof's contact check flags an email or phone that belongs to another carrier, or a new or look-alike domain.
4. The provincial picture
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation's public list (2026-11-04) names 203 carriers rated Unsatisfactory and 639 Cancelled. In Quebec, the CTQ lists 1,982 carriers, 1,666 of them without the right to operate (2026-11-06). None of these ratings appear on the FMCSA record: both sides of the border have to be read.
Ontario list · CTQ lists · The cross-border blind spot
What brokers can do
- Check on the day, not only at onboarding: authority, insurance, out-of-service.
- Read both sides of the border: FMCSA, Ontario CVOR, Quebec CTQ, BC NSC.
- Confirm the email and phone belong to the carrier on record.
HaulProof does all of this every day for every active carrier, and the Chrome extension shows the tier right on your load board.
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Method: suspensions = FMCSA 'Involuntary Suspension' actions effective in the month; out-of-service = orders dated in the month; chameleons = two or more kinds of match (phone, email, address, officer) with a carrier in bad standing; provincial lists = the public copies read daily. Media questions: sales@haulproof.ca.