The Load Board Built to Kill Freight Fraud

Freight fraud is a $35 billion problem — and it's getting smarter, not slower.In this episode, Lida sits down with Alden Gomez — Co-Founder and CEO of Turnpike, an invite-only, fraud-resistant freight network built to protect legitimate brokers and carriers. Before building Turnpike, Alden spent years in freight brokerage and dispatch seeing the problem firsthand. Now he's doing something about it.In this episode:How Alden went from freight brokerage to building TurnpikeWhy existing load boards are broken — and what invite-only actually meansThe real tactics fraudsters use: AI-generated IDs, stolen MCs, spoofed emailsHow Turnpike verifies every company before they get accessWhere AI is taking freight fraud detection in 2026 and beyondThe one thing brokers and carriers should do right now to protect themselvesConnect with Alden + Turnpike: https://turnpike.comFollow Lida on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lidahakobyanSponsored by Digital Permit Book — smarter trucking compliance.