Lamb releases evidence he stopped Missouri from overcharging & collecting duplicate UCR payments and effected $30,000 in refunds for carrier victims
James Lamb
Executive Director, Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC) @JimLambUSA
This is 'Part One' of a new series of posts that deal with industry investigation into government corruption, fraud, waste and abuse of the motor carrier industry.
James Lamb, president of DOTAuthority.com, Inc., and the Small Business in Transportation Coalition ("SBTC") trade group, a former motor carrier consumer complaint investigator has been engaged in watchdog activities in various for-profit and non-profit capacities since 2010, investigating the activities of the Unified Carrier Registration program insofar as State and Federal government abuse and misconduct is concerned. This investigation has been conducted through a variety of means including Federal and various State Freedom of Information Act requests and other research.
Referenced below, is a just discovered 2011 letter from the state of Missouri that Lamb was never provided with before that just came into his possession this week for the first time, which admits Lamb's 2011 allegations of overcharge of motor carriers by Missouri were correct. As a result of Lamb's independent investigation and complaint to the UCR Board of Directors, the state of Missouri quietly paid out over $30,000 in restitution payments in 2011 to motor carrier victims of this abusive over-collection practice. Lamb exposes that 2011 outcome for the first time here and now with this post.
According to the state's statement:
"Missouri disagrees that we have benefited from unjust duplication fee collection. The minor amount of the duplicate collection bears no benefit to Missouri."
"Of course, Missouri didn't benefit. Because we stopped them and exposed them, forcing them to return these ill-gotten gains to the victims of this scheme. What could you do with an extra thirty grand," Lamb said.
Click here to read the Missouri DOT's letter to the UCR Board of Directors advising they stopped this practice and that refunds were made or were being made.