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Apr 2024
16m 12s

How Cyber Thieves Are Disrupting U.S. Go...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
About this episode

Reports of freight fraud are on the rise, vexing trucking companies and regulators. And victims say that they aren’t getting any real help from law enforcement. WSJ’s Inti Pacheco unpacks one form of this fraud, called double brokering, and a trucking executive explains his personal efforts to stop the scammers.


Further Reading:

- A Brazen Yogurt Heist Shows How Cyber Gangs Are Hijacking U.S. Goods 

- Growing Freight Fraud is Peeling Millions From the U.S. Shipping Market 


Further Listening:

- Nike’s Sneaky Sneaker Thieves 


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