Double Broker Scam

I am looking to see if anyone has any infomation regarding any of these companies, good or bad?

Ford's Clover Leaf Carriers - MC 792683
DS Logistics - MC 170713
Skyways Express - MC 805247(used to run under MC740394)

My company was recently notified of a brokering scheme by Ford's Clover Leaf Carriers. They would pick up loads in the Memphis area, cross dock, consolidate and rebroker out. All three parties listed above were or are still working out of warehouse space at 1046 Arkansas St. Memphis, TN. Ford's Clover Leaf is supposedly out of business now and authority was just revoked. They held a load hostage and delivered the shipment after being paid by Tcheck in early May, 2013 after being a week late for the original delivery appt. Ford's Clover Leaf brokered(without brokerage authority) the shipment to DS logistics. They never paid DS Logistics for doing the shipment for them. DS Logistics brokered to a carrier and paid that carrier who actually hauled the shipment. Ford's was a family run company. The NMFTA lists James ford and the tax information is signed by Kathy Ford. During the process of the shipment, Jennifer Ford was the main contac and claimed to be the operations manager. Jeremy Lopez(son-in-law of Jennifer) was a fake driver delivering the shipment and David Hernandez(Jennifer's husband) executed the carrier contract with our company and is listed at a member of "Dispatch and Operations". After some web searches I found this in not the first time this familiy has been conducting fraudulent services. David Hernandez is also the operations manager at Skyways Express and I have been told that Jennifer Ford works there too but not confirmed. Has anyone had a run in with any of these companies?

 

A little more information into this, Skyways and Fords(although thier business is listed at a different address) work out of 1046 Arkansas St, Memphis TN. They would take loads picking up in the Memphis area. They bring them back to that address and crossdock them. They will consolidate if they can with other frieght and rebroker the shipments out leaving the 1046 Arkansas St address. If you booked a load with either of these companies or another broker at this address, I would make sure they pay you asap.