Issue #13 is live.
On August 11, Paramvir Singh signed a plea agreement admitting to $7.2 million in cargo theft through Janjua Transport.
Three carrier entities and a freight brokerage at one address in Rancho Cucamonga. A civil suit for receiving stolen property already on file in Riverside County. Every warning sign in public registries before the first federal charge.
Rob Carpenter documented four federal cases this week — all from court records — and closed with one sentence: "The thief got the load because somebody's vetting stopped at the paperwork."
Overhaul added the geography: 68% of Southern California Red Zone thefts happen within 50 miles of pickup. Pilferage is now 46% of all incidents.
The information was public. The theft was local. Somebody just had to look.
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