Broker and trucking company playing games

I hope this isn't against the rules, but an acquaintance of mine is having some trouble with a shipment. It seems either the broker and/or the trucking company is trying to screw him.

I'm a moderator on this forum and here is the link to the guy's problem- Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

I don't deal with brokers much, so I was throwing it out there to see if anybody had some advise to offer.

 

Sorry guys, I didn't know that the link wouldn't work for non-members.

Here is the body of the post-

"I purchased a M1074 Oshkosh PLS in the state of Virginia from another member here on SS. I was planning on making a recovery road trip out of it(and still may) to California, but being self employed I'm really busy and getting the time off can be difficult so I arranged for it to be picked up through a broker called Spartan Carriers LLC out of Gilbert AZ. The broker quoted a me price and thought all was well when I gave the go ahead. What I didn't know is that they intentionally planned to defraud the transport company. They quoted a price to the transport company that was almost double what I agreed to. The transporters went and picked up my truck and took it back to their location while they waited for the broker to pay them. Of course the broker was thinking the transporter was going to be dumb enough to proceed with the move on a promise to pay at time of delivery. After not being able to contact the broker, the driver called to tell me the situation. I was shocked and started calling and emailing the broker, but of course they have fallen off the face of the Earth. Fortunately I was not going to pay them until my truck was delivered. However the trucking company who has my truck is now trying to basically ransom it back to me. They want me to pay them the rate they were promised by the broker. I'm in a corner here and although I don't want to give in to their demands I want my truck. I told them I would go out there from CA to pay them the $1200 in expenses they are charging for the 180 mile trip to their location. Now they are going back on that, saying they want the full amount or hold my truck as some sort of collateral for the broker to pay them $40k in wages owed for other work done. I have told the driver that holding my truck is not going to get them paid by the broker any faster because it has no ties to them. Doing this is only going to create more issues for them as I will have to take them to court(once I find out more info on them). I contacted the local police in Harrisonburg to see if they could help or file a stolen vehicle report, but was told this is a civil matter.
I have very little information and am hoping you all out there if you're in the VA area maybe able to help locate my truck. From what the driver who has my truck told me, he is storing it at his residence in Harrisonburg VA and works for the trucking company AHISKA TRUCKING LLC. He may be the owner/operator based on some things he has said in text conversations.
Here are a few pictures of the truck being picked by them."