Freight fraud hit an all-time high in Q1 2026 — and the carriers behind it weren’t unknowns.
Highway’s Q1 2026 Freight Fraud Index — a quarterly analysis of fraud patterns across Highway’s carrier identity verification network — reveals a fundamental shift in how fraud is being attempted. Half of all flagged incidents involved carriers with clean records, legitimate MCs, and verified equipment — carriers that would have passed traditional vetting.
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