Truckers deal with fallout after fraudsters steal DOT numbers

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Owner-operators Toni and Chris Murphy of New Egypt, New Jersey, said it’s been hard to fight back against an invisible tech-savvy fraudster who stole their trucking company’s identity, posted loads using their Department of Transportation number, collected payment for those loads, then disappeared, leaving the Murphys to deal with the fallout.

The couple own Murphy’s Trucking and got their operating authority in March 2021.

“It might sound strange but I’m grateful to the driver who reported us to...

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