Strategic Theft: The $725M Crime Wave Hiding in Your Supply Chain — with Danny Ramon

The criminals stealing your cargo aren't breaking locks — they're forging documents and building fake carrier identities.

I sat down with Danny Ramon, Director of Intelligence and Response at Overhaul, who has spent 15 years in supply chain security recovering stolen loads. Danny walks through "strategic theft" — using fraud to steal cargo under the guise of legitimate business — from the criminal direct-to-consumer pipeline born during the pandemic to the exact mechanics criminals use to extract 98% of a load while delivering perfect paperwork. We get into why toilet paper became a premium target, how AI is scaling these operations, why the "golden hour" determines recovery, and the two non-negotiable priorities every fleet needs: visibility and situational awareness.

Chapters:

0:00 — How criminals steal cargo with perfect paperwork

4:36 — Current targets: GPUs, crypto, and viral products

9:58 — Fraud in plain sight: 40 pallets become 2

15:19 — The criminal direct-to-consumer pipeline

20:42 — The ROI of prevention: one loss pays for years

27:02 — Why third-party security partners make sense

30:12 — The golden hour: 98% recovery in 1-2 hours

35:00 — How AI enables wider fraud nets

41:13 — Why pharma leads: the canary in the coal mine

43:30 — Building law enforcement relationships before crisis

Guest: Danny Ramon, Director of Intelligence and Response, Overhaul — LinkedIn