Freight thieves are becoming identity thieves

Bad guys have turned to identity theft and sophisticated fraud to steal drugs, electronics, and food right off the loading dock.

Freight trucks have always made a convenient target for thieves. Containers can be pilfered at a roadside rest stop, or a whole truck can disappear while its driver grabs a hot shower. Sometimes truckers are even hijacked at gunpoint.

But a new generation of tech-savvy truck thieves are innovating on old methods.

“One of the M.O.’s that’s on the increase is in a sense identity theft — impersonating another company,” says Nick Erdmann of the security technology firm Transport Security. Continue reading at Fortune....


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