FMCSA boots 133 ELD off registry in fruad crackdown

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on Thursday removed 133 electronic logging devices from its registry Thursday in a crackdown aimed at stopping fraud and enforcing highway safety rules.

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the swept devices include 121 agency-revoked systems and 12 voluntary self-revocations.

The agency declined to name the devices citing its ongoing investigation but cited instances of abuse, including support systems that allowed carriers to manually wipe out driving time during active transit, automated uploading of fake logs during roadside inspections, and records showing speeds reaching mathematically impossible speeds (upwards of 130 mph, according to DOT) to artificially compress transit times.

"Under President Trump’s leadership, we are cracking down on rampant fraud on America’s roads," Duffy said in a statement, emphasizing that the enforcement effort involved extensive forensic investigations.

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