Tanya Eiserer

1 day ago | tspantx.com | Tanya Eiserer

Two reform bills prompted by WFAA’s investigation into dangerous, unlicensed boarding homes received legislative hearings Tuesday as time runs out in the session. DALLAS — Two key bills prompted by WFAA’s investigation into unsafe and unregulated boarding homes received critical hearings today at the Texas Capitol. House Bill 2510, sponsored by Rep. Chris Turner, D-Arlington, would make it a criminal offense to operate an unlicensed assisted living facility.

1 day ago | wfaa.com | Tanya Eiserer

DALLAS — Two key bills prompted by WFAA’s investigation into unsafe and unregulated boarding homes received critical hearings today at the Texas Capitol. House Bill 2510, sponsored by Rep. Chris Turner, D-Arlington, would make it a criminal offense to operate an unlicensed assisted living facility. After passing the House, the bill was presented in the Senate by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, who emphasized its aim to protect some of the state's most vulnerable residents.

1 week ago | tspantx.com | Tanya Eiserer

A WFAA investigation uncovered how hundreds of trucking companies are registering with questionable business addresses — even virtual mailboxes. DALLAS — West Commerce Street is home to a variety of businesses — a body shop, a crab joint — and one building that, on paper, houses 20 separate trucking companies. A WFAA investigation found all of those businesses are registered to 539 West Commerce, a virtual mailbox service known as PhysicalAddress.com.

1 week ago | wfaa.com | Tanya Eiserer

DALLAS — West Commerce Street is home to a variety of businesses — a body shop, a crab joint — and one building that, on paper, houses 20 separate trucking companies. A WFAA investigation found all of those businesses are registered to 539 West Commerce, a virtual mailbox service known as PhysicalAddress.com. “We are a mail service, and that's all that we do... is just handle mail,” said a worker at the site.

2 weeks ago | kens5.com | Tanya Eiserer

DALLAS — "When will your driver be there exactly? Can you tell me the ETA?"  That’s how the call began. What the person on the other end didn’t know — he wasn’t talking to a trucking company. He was talking to the real company he was impersonating. The call was recorded by Tanager Logistics, a San Antonio-based freight broker whose identity had been hijacked by scammers operating from overseas. "What's the product on this load?" the real Tanager Logistics asked.