USDOT 3838708 in Chameleon Watch

Q: Can the affected carrier dispute the link?

Yes. Email feedback+chameleon@truckcodex.com with the cluster URL, your USDOT number, and what you'd like us to know. We'll add the case to a human review queue and respond. We'd rather adjust a page than leave an unsupported call in place.

MLA CARRIER INC appears in a suspected chameleon cluster with 1 other carrier.

Read this first

This is a heuristic detection, not a regulatory finding. Many legitimate businesses share addresses (corporate parks, virtual mailbox services, family-run multi-entity operations). Use this as a starting point for your own due diligence, not a verdict. TruckCodex is not affiliated with FMCSA and these clusters are not official enforcement findings.

This carrier

MLA CARRIER INC

USDOT 3838708 Revoked

Address: 81 FREEMAN STREET, WHITELAND, IN
Phone: 9292644104
Revoke date: 2026-09-20

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Cluster carriers

Cluster score

3 / 4

Moderate heuristic match

First revoke in cluster

2026-09-20

Last register in cluster

2026-09-14

USDOT 3838708 appears in cluster c083584dc-2. The full cluster page lists every carrier and the connecting evidence.

Other carriers in this cluster

Carriers that share attributes with USDOT 3838708.

Role	Carrier	Address	Phone	Date
Successor	SKYLINE TRANZ LLC USDOT 5187875	81 FREEMAN STREET, WHITELAND, IN	9292644104	Registered 2026-09-14

Evidence behind this cluster

Each signal is graded with a weight; the cluster's score is the sum across the strongest carrier-pair.

Signal	Detail	Weight
Phone match	Phone last-7 match: 2644104	+1
Address match	Same physical address: 81 FREEMAN STREET, WHITELAND, IN	+1
Tight time window	Re-registered 0.2 months after revocation	+1

Frequently asked questions

Why does this carrier appear in a chameleon cluster? ▾

Because the carrier shares one or more identifying attributes — physical address, phone number, and/or legal-name token — with at least one other FMCSA-registered carrier where one of the entities recently went out-of-service or had authority revoked. The full evidence list and score are shown on this page.

Does this mean the carrier is fraudulent? ▾

No. Appearing in a heuristic cluster is not a finding of fraud. Legitimate operators may share addresses (corporate parks, virtual mailbox services) or transfer operations between entities for ordinary business reasons. We surface the linkage so you can investigate, not so you can conclude.

What should I do with this information? ▾

Treat it as a starting point. Pull the FMCSA SAFER snapshot for each carrier in the cluster, look at the inspection and crash history, ask the carrier directly about the relationship, and weigh the answer against the evidence here. Brokers and shippers also routinely run a credit check and request a current insurance certificate before contracting.

Can the affected carrier dispute the link? ▾

Yes. Email [email protected] with the cluster URL, your USDOT number, and what you'd like us to know. We'll add the case to a human review queue and respond. We'd rather adjust a page than leave an unsupported call in place.

What sources is this based on? ▾

Only public FMCSA records: Carrier registration data (legal name, DBA, physical address, phone, status, registration date) and AuthorityEvent records (revoke and reinstate decisions). No private sources, no leaked data, no scraped competitor content.

How is this different from a regulatory action? ▾

It is entirely different. TruckCodex is not FMCSA. The agency reviews chameleon-carrier cases internally and takes formal action only by denying or revoking authority. A cluster page on this site is a third-party inference from the same public data, not an enforcement record.