As part of the operation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will deploy dozens of investigators to target the most complained-about movers nationwide. The effort aims to address rising consumer complaints about movers, which more than doubled between 2015 and 2022, from 3,030 to 7,647, DOT figures show.
Hampering the agency's efforts has been a 2019 decision by an administrative law judge that found the FMCSA didn't have authority to assess penalties for violations of laws regulating moving companies. Agency officials have told Newsweek the decision has dramatically limited their ability to take on the growing problem, and that it would require action by"FMCSA is making every effort to protect consumers from these moving scams," the release said.
Lawrence Hawthorne, who retired from the FMCSA in 2020 after more than 40 years as an investigator focused primarily on movers, previously toldHawthorne said brokers—companies that charge customers to connect them with a low-cost mover—were previously not allowed to issue estimates that are often used by scam brokers to low-ball customers into making large upfront deposits. Reversing that and the agency's inability to fine movers could alleviate many scams, he said.
The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is cracking down on moving company scams through its Operation Protect Your Move.investigation of the industry found scam companies were launching with phony online reviews and promises to save custo
Really? This is what he wants to crack down on? First it was diversity at construction worksites and now this? Mayor Pete needs some serious priority readjustment.
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