Is this broker legitimate?
Before hauling a load, confirm the entity offering it holds active FMCSA broker authority and carries the required surety bond. A revoked authority or a missing bond is the single most common sign of broker fraud and double-brokering. These are factual FMCSA records — DOTScreener does not rate or score brokers.
Broker Trust Signals
Broker operating authority
Active broker authority on file with FMCSA.
Surety bond / trust fund
$75K on file — meets the $75K federal minimum. Surety: MERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC.
Authority tenure
Authority active for about 11 years.
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Authority & Financial Responsibility
- Operating Status
- Authorized
- Authority Status
- Active
- Entity Type
- Broker + Carrier
- Authority Granted
- Dec 2014
- Authority Age (since reinstatement)
- 8 years 4 mo
- Bond / Trust On File
- $75K
- Federal Minimum
- $75K (BMC-84 / BMC-85)
- Domiciled
- NAPLES, FL
Bond Filings (FMCSA L&I)
- Active
Surety Bond (BMC-84)
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC · #101671626
Effective 2014-11-20
Contingent Coverage (broker-provided)
Contingent cargo and contingent auto-liability are optional — not every broker carries them, and their absence is not a negative signal. The required $75K surety bond is shown above. Documents here are provided by the broker and are not verified by DOTScreener.
This broker has not provided contingent cargo or contingent auto-liability documents. These are optional — you can still work with this broker.
Officers & Identity Cluster
- Officer (Primary)
- MARK SHAUGHNESSY
- Officer (Secondary)
- RYAN SHAUGHNESSY
Sourced from the FMCSA Company Census. Shared contact and officer counts reflect public-record overlap with other USDOT registrations — surfaced for review, not as a verdict.