Parts 1 and 2 of this series looked at legislative and law enforcement efforts in Arkansas and Texas to grapple with a sharp rise in CDL fraud by non-U.S. citizens. Part 3 looks at the ease with which fraudsters have exploited a loophole to obtain a Mexican document that essentially grants them the privileges of a U.S. CDL holder.
NAFTA and its CDL ties that bind us
How did we get here? For that I needed a digital issue of the Texas Trucking Association magazine, The Steering Wheel, and more...
Part 1 of this series looked at a recently enacted Arkansas law designed to get a handle on CDL fraud, and how that effort was informed by similar legislation in Texas. Part 2 examines how Texas uncovered a high number of phony documents held by people with Mexico’s equivalent of a CDL who in fact were from Central America — and the resulting impact on highway safety.
‘How are the beaches in Guadalajara?’
It was time to dig up how Texas found these fake LFCs and why that boded poorly for American...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-role-in-the-fraudulent-cdl-scheme
Federal investigators have documented over $7 million in fines, forfeitures and restitution along with more than 54 years in total incarceration for individuals sentenced in commercial driver’s license (CDL) fraud over the last four years.
The statistics were released Friday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (DOT OIG) as part of its annual assessment of top management challenges at agencies within the department for the upcoming fiscal year.
The 2021 report...
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