Overdrive and CCJ have both documented rings acquiring trucking authorities to run cargo-theft and double-brokering schemes. In March 2026 FMCSA put out a bulletin telling carriers not to sell, buy, or lease a USDOT or MC number outside a legitimate corporate transaction. If you are thinking about selling, you are selling into a market that has a real fraud problem — and you should be checking whoever you talk to. Including us.

There are three things worth checking, and they sort the legitimate from the rest almost every time. First, is there a written purchase agreement you can put in front of your own lawyer before you sign anything? Second, do the funds move through a closing attorney’s escrow account rather than person to person? Third, does the money land as the documents execute, rather than you handing over the company and waiting for a wire that may never come?

A fraud operation will not agree to any of the three. It cannot — escrow creates a paper trail, a written agreement creates liability, and releasing funds on signature closes the only window the whole thing depends on. What it will do instead is push for speed, offer cash, refuse legal counsel, and ask for your LLC documents and logins before any money moves. That last one is the clearest signal there is. Note that closing remotely is not itself a red flag — a remote closing run through escrow is perfectly legitimate, and plenty of sellers prefer it. What matters is the order, not the location.

What this means for your sale

The whole process here is built so those three checks pass. You get one written number, not a verbal figure that shrinks at the table. Nothing comes out of that number — no fees, no commission, no deductions at closing. And the sale stays between you and us: nothing is listed publicly, nothing is advertised, and your company is never shopped around.