Identity fraud attempts in the U.S. cargo and logistics sector surged 213 percent between 2023 and 2024, according to a report from identity verification company IDScan.net.
The 2026 Cargo and Logistics ID Fraud Report analyzed more than 1 million identity verification transactions in processing, manufacturing, transportation, and warehousing operations. Fraudsters will attempt to gain access to supply chains to steal cargo—a single stolen truckload can exceed $500,000 in value. Companies are then on the hook for investigation costs, insurance deductibles, and reputational damage.
The data showed that fraud attempts climbed from 0.53 percent of transactions in 2023 to 1.66 percent in 2024 and 2.15 percent in 2025. The second quarter of 2025 marked the highest quarterly fraud rate ever recorded by IDScan.net, with attempts jumping 75 percent over the historical average.
The growth “isn’t a fluctuation or random spike; it’s a sustained trend driven by organized criminal enterprises that have identified cargo theft as a lucrative, relatively low-risk operation,” the report said.
Multiple converging factors are driving this increased criminal activity, including the volume of high-value goods moving through supply chains because of e-commerce activity; driver shortages that pressure companies to onboard workers quickly and with less verification; and more sophisticated criminal networks that take advantage of better fake ID technology.
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