Double-broker check — spot fraud before you tender
Paste a DOT or MC number. KnowHaul rolls up dormancy reactivation, domicile-footprint mismatch, implausible fleet growth, and paper-carrier signals into a single fraud verdict — derived from the FMCSA filings, refreshed nightly.
Double-brokering-specific risk — may differ from this carrier’s overall fraud score on its profile.
High-confidence signal(s) on file. Do not tender without resolving these signals. This does not mean the carrier committed fraud — it means the risk is too high to tender without further verification.
EMPIRE STATE MOTOR LINES CORP
DOT 3818924 · MC 1381187 · FL
Multiple double-broker precursor signals are firing, or a dormant-then-reactivated authority is on file. Vet carefully before tendering.
Triggered signals (2)
- vin_under_multiple_mcstruck VIN 3ALACWDTXGDHN7614data as of 2025-10-05
A truck VIN on this carrier was run under multiple DOTs in overlapping windows — the cloned-truck / VIN-under-multiple-MCs pattern.
- vin_under_multiple_mcstruck VIN 1HTMMMML8KH570093data as of 2025-02-05
A truck VIN on this carrier was run under multiple DOTs in overlapping windows — the cloned-truck / VIN-under-multiple-MCs pattern.
What to verify before you tender
Insurance lapsed — do not tender
The carrier's liability insurance on file is lapsed. Tendering to a carrier with lapsed insurance exposes you to uninsured cargo loss. Confirm reinstatement in writing before moving any freight.
Confirm dispatcher email domain matches the company name
Free email domains (gmail, outlook, yahoo) combined with a brand-new MC is the highest-correlation pair in our incident data. If the domain doesn't match the company name, verify identity by a second channel before tendering.
Cross-check the phone area code against the registered address state
Re-brokering operations frequently answer from a number whose area code doesn't match the carrier's registered address state. Alone it's not conclusive — paired with one other signal, it's worth a live callback.