ESSENTIALLY SOFT LLC Affiliated Carriers & Fraud Signals

Reincarnation chains, shared-VIN links, common domains and officers, and owner-group affiliations — the chameleon / double-broker signals that name-and-USDOT lookups miss.

Last 12 months: 8 trucks also ran under 11 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4246731USDOT 4380512USDOT 4455689USDOT 4188813USDOT 4269662USDOT 3682787USDOT 3858226USDOT 4199354Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.
Show all-time history (10 trucks · 17 carriers)

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)1
Observed (24 mo)14
Shared w/ other carriers10

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

Shared-VIN cross-links· units inspected under more than one USDOT

VINCarriersInspectionsFirst seenLast seen
3ALACWFC4JDKA827641008/20/202505/22/2026
3HAEUMML7LL1487984903/19/202505/07/2026
3ALACWFC9RDUX31593507/18/202505/27/2026
3ALACVFD0JDJM06943908/01/202305/13/2026
3HAEUMML4ML3372813511/02/202305/12/2026
3HAEUMML9SL5174962203/05/202605/15/2026
1GT49TEY2NF1912992401/22/202604/30/2026
1HTEUMML6LH8010932211/06/202404/08/2026
5PVNJ7AV3P5T514692407/31/202403/19/2026
5PVNJ8JV9K4S724082802/18/202502/06/2026