Published alerts
What went wrong, who it happened to, and what to do differently.
We publish a notice whenever a verification is withdrawn or suspended, and whenever a pattern of loss is corroborated across enough independent reports to warrant a warning. Alerts are never taken down.
- Revocation
- 1
- A verification has been withdrawn. Prior status is void.
- Suspension
- 1
- Verification is suspended while a reopened file is audited.
- Caution
- 2
- A specific pattern of loss has been observed and corroborated across multiple reports.
- Advisory
- 2
- Guidance or a standards change. No individual operator is implicated.
All notices · Most recent first
Advisory
12 Aug 2026
ADV-2026-009
Standard revision 4.0 takes effect for the 2027 audit cycle
Three checks are tightened: independent hour corroboration, beneficial-ownership refresh at 24 months, and mandatory disclosure of leased versus owned premises.
All
Suspension
4 Aug 2026
SUS-2026-014
Verification suspended — Gantry Row Auctions
Nine corroborated complaints in eleven weeks about undisclosed hour-meter replacements on consigned lots. The auction house has cooperated; two consignors are suspended pending a records audit.
United States
Caution
19 Jul 2026
CAU-2026-031
Cloned conformity certificates on imported quick couplers
Declaration-of-conformity documents from at least two legitimate manufacturers are being copied and reissued with altered SKU tables for couplers that were never tested.
European Union · United Kingdom · Australia
Revocation
11 Jun 2026
RVK-2026-007
Verification revoked — Colter Drive Machinery LLC
Serial-plate tampering found on three of twelve sampled machines and a declared yard that resolved to a shared storage lot. Operator did not answer a 21-day remediation notice.
United States
Caution
28 May 2026
CAU-2026-022
ECM hour rollback services advertised to trade buyers
Third-party services now offer controller-level hour adjustment on several common excavator platforms, defeating the ECM cross-check that dealers and auditors have relied on.
United States · United Arab Emirates · Poland
Advisory
2 Apr 2026
ADV-2026-004
How to read a partial title-chain result
A failed or partial title check is not evidence of bad faith. In several import markets the origin-country records simply do not survive, and the standard now says so explicitly.
Africa · Asia-Pacific