Vet the broker before the truck moves.
Strategic cargo fraud is up ~1,475% since 2022, and the new rings pass paperwork checks — they hijack real authorities. Guard walks you through the vet the way a careful dispatcher does it: pull the federal record, work the red flags, get an honest read. Five minutes now beats a stolen car later.
1 · Who are you vetting?
broker or shipper2 · Pull the record
opens official sourcesThese open FMCSA's own systems and targeted searches in a new tab. Free tools can't read those records for you — and any tool that claims to auto-verify identity from them is overselling. You look; Guard tells you what to look for.
3 · Work the red flags
Guard is a structured checklist, not a verification service. It checks discipline, not identity — today's fraud rings hijack real, credentialed authorities, which is why the callback test and recency questions carry the most weight here. The full Dispia integrates live identity & credit feeds so most of this happens automatically at booking.