How to Combat Billing Fraud

Trucking companies are increasingly having to deal with the fraudulent activities of their outside carriers and the effect on the bottom line, resulting in increased legal expenditures. This presentation will examine trucking companies' available legal avenues when an outside carrier is fraudulently editing bills of lading, such as lowering pallet counts, and then essentially stealing the remaining merchandise with the load. How can the trucking company monetarily recover if the outside carrier is no longer in business and/or may be difficult to locate? How can the trucking company get its insurance or the outside carrier’s insurance involved to help soften the possible monetary loss? The presentation will further examine venue clauses in contracts and mandating mediation or private arbitration in lieu of State or Federal Court proceedings. Finally, the presentation will show, with the use of AI, how bills of lading can be manipulated to tell a trucking company one thing, even though it is not true.