Long-Haul Crime Log

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Long-Haul Crime Log

Long-Haul Crime Log presented by FreightWaves covers crime in trucking and supply chain. Take a trip into the seedy underbelly of the world of freight with journalists Clarissa Hawes, Nate Tabak and Noi Mahoney.

  1. 2021-07-16

    Inside the hunt for the masterminds of a double-brokering scheme

    Hundreds of trucking companies have been allegedly defrauded in an elaborate scheme utilizing a controversial practice called double-brokering. After months of investigating, co-host Clarissa Hawes got a tip that led to a series of bizarre phone calls with the man who owned a freight brokerage at the center of the operation. He told her: “You've got a lot of angry people … trying to find out who is trying to find them, who is trying to hurt their kids, their families.”  Our latest episode wades into Hawes' investigation into a network of companies in Southern California connected to the scheme, and her efforts to find the people responsible for it. It led her to a transportation executive named Steve Avetyan, who once boasted of handing out Rolex watches — he called them “Rollies” —  as bonuses to his best sales staff. Avetyan claimed to be someone else when Hawes first called him. He eventually admitted to being Avetyan, but denied any involvement in the double-brokering network.  Co-host and producer Nate Tabak joines Hawes for the episode. Read more Former employees shed light on sophisticated double-brokering network Freight fraud: Burgeoning double-brokering scheme like ‘whack-a-mole’ CEO denies ties to sophisticated double-brokering scheme in Southern California Follow Long-Haul Crime Log on Apple Podcasts Follow Long-Haul Crime Log on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    27 min
  2. 2021-03-24

    Trafficked into trucking

    They came to the United States from Eastern Europe with the promise of earning good money working in the trucking industry. Instead, these truckers found themselves trapped in an alleged immigration scheme hauling cars across the U.S. seven days a week, sometimes driving up to 20 hours a day – with getting paid a fraction of what they were owed.    This week’s episode of Long-Haul Crime Log investigates allegations from drivers who say they were lured from Eastern Europe to what they thought were lucrative jobs transporting cars. The reality involved working dangerously long hours for little pay in a shadowy corner of the trucking industry. In some cases, they were afraid for their lives.    Freightwaves investigative journalist Clarissa Hawes explores the stories of these drivers and the allegations against the owners of a group of trucking companies, Dmitriy and Inna Chebanenko. Hawes explains how one driver’s decision to go public with his allegations against the Chebanenkos led other drivers to come forward.    The episode is hosted by Hawes and fellow reporters Nate Tabak and Noi Mahoney.    Read more: Driver says trucking company threatened family after he alleged illegal practices   Reach out at crime@freightwaves.com or find us on Twitter @LongHaulCrime. Read the headlines at FreightWaves.com Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min

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Long-Haul Crime Log presented by FreightWaves covers crime in trucking and supply chain. Take a trip into the seedy underbelly of the world of freight with journalists Clarissa Hawes, Nate Tabak and Noi Mahoney.

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