Banned in 1997. Jailed in 2000. Still in the Moving Business in 2026. The Aldo DiSorbo Story.

The story of moving fraud in America runs through one address in Pompano Beach, Florida: 1441 SW 29th Avenue. This is the headquarters of Colonial Van Lines, founded by the DiSorbo family. Understanding the DiSorbo story is understanding why the Florida broker corridor exists, why enforcement has failed for three decades, and why consumers are still being scammed by the same patterns documented in the 1990s.

In the 1980s, Aldo Luciano DiSorbo Jr. borrowed $2,000 from his father and started helping Broward County families move with his truck and limited garage storage. He was 21 years old.

By the late 1990s, Florida authorities had seen enough. In 1997, the state of Florida banned DiSorbo from the moving industry for three years as part of a lawsuit settlement. DiSorbo violated the ban.

As the Sun-Sentinel reported in June 2000, DiSorbo 'was convicted this week of ignoring a three-year ban on participating in the moving industry.' Broward County Circuit Judge Thomas M. Lynch IV sentenced him to two months in jail, 50 hours of community service, and six months probation, during which he was again barred from the moving and storage industries.

Authorities said DiSorbo 'remained involved as a behind-the-scenes operator of at least 10 moving companies.' In one case, he listed his 2-year-old daughter as a vice president of a moving company to obscure his involvement.

After the ban expired, DiSorbo-connected operations continued. Nationwide Move Management, operating from the same Pompano Beach area, became a major interstate moving broker.

A 2002 Los Angeles Times investigation documented the pattern. Nationwide was advertising as a 'full service' company with photos of branded trucks, despite being a broker that owned no trucks. Consumers filed complaints about price inflation, hostage loads, and unresponsive customer service. The LA Times noted: 'A background check of Nationwide might have raised concerns. The company's operators have included family members and associates of Aldo Disorbo, a notorious figure in the moving industry in South Florida, which government officials say has long been a hotbed of moving scams.'

Nationwide's vice president, Milton Campis, told the Times: 'We have a great company. Are there problems in the moving industry? Yes.' He insisted Nationwide's complaint-handling 'is what sets us apart.'

Nationwide Move Management (DOT 2226268) is now inactive in FMCSA's SAFER database. Its authorized carrier was Relo Van Lines LLC (DOT 2080182).

In 2012, the U.S. Senate Transportation Committee published a report titled 'Internet Moving Brokers: A New Consumer Protection Problem in the Household Goods Industry,' followed by a hearing: 'Taking Consumers for a Ride: Business Practices in the Household Goods Moving Industry.'

The Committee staff analyzed the DiSorbo companies as a group, calling them the 'DiSorbo Broker Companies.' The data was stark: 613 combined complaints between 2006 and 2011, including 135 hostage complaints (versus an industry average of 3 per company) and 291 estimates/final charges complaints (versus an average of 5). The broker companies included Nationwide Relocation Services, United States Van Lines Relocation Division, All State Van Lines Relocation, American Van Lines Inc. (dba American Van Lines of California), Colonial Van Lines Relocation Division, and Patriot Van Lines. The carriers included United States Van Lines Inc., States Van Lines, B and E Movers (dba Moving Squad Inc.), We-Haul Inc., and All Coast Transporters Inc.

The hearings focused significant attention on the Florida broker model that DiSorbo helped pioneer. The pattern was the same one documented by the LA Times a decade earlier, and the same one Trunk documents today: brokers quote low to win bookings, dispatch carriers they barely vet, collect deposits that are non-refundable, and disclaim responsibility when the carrier holds goods hostage or inflates the price.

The hearings led to legislative reforms, including the MAP-21 provisions in 2012 that required FMCSA to develop proficiency examinations for HHG applicants and consumer protection standards reviews within 18 months of licensing. Fourteen years later, both remain on FMCSA's to-do list.

Florida Secretary of State records reveal the full scope of the DiSorbo operation. Nationwide Move Management LLC serves as the registered agent or officer for at least 15 entities:

Moving companies: Move It, Cube It Corporation; Nationwide Move Management LLC; All State Van Lines Relocation LLC; All State Van Lines Relocation Inc; Your Moving Center LLC; Moving Squad of South Florida LLC; Colonial Van Lines Relocation Division Inc; Colonial Van Lines Inc; Nationwide Relocation Services Inc.

Support entities: NRS Staffing LLC; NRS Staffing Corporation; MS Leasing of South Florida LLC; MS Truck Leasing LLC.

The support entities are significant. NRS Staffing provides labor. MS Leasing and MS Truck Leasing provide equipment. This is a vertically integrated operation: the same ownership controls the broker, the staffing company, and the truck leasing company. A consumer's move may be sold by one entity, staffed by another, and driven in a truck leased by a third, all controlled by the same network.

The Senate Committee documented the name change timeline in detail:

Brown Van Lines changed its name to Colonial Van Lines on January 20, 2012. DiSorbo's executive assistant acknowledged that Brown Van Lines Inc., Colonial Van Lines Inc., Colonial Van Lines LLC, and Colonial Van Lines Relocation Division Inc. are all owned by the same incorporators.

Moving Cost Inc. was incorporated January 14, 2000. On September 16, 2009, the name was changed to United States Van Lines Relocation Division Inc. On July 20, 2012, it became All State Van Lines Relocation Inc.

On August 7, 2012, United States Van Lines changed its name to States Van Lines Inc.

GG Moving Inc. was incorporated November 14, 2002. By December 5, 2002, it was Golden Gloves Moving and Storage Inc. By April 9, 2010, it was Champion Moving and Storage. By May 28, 2010, it was Moving Squad Inc. of Fort Lauderdale.

We Haul Moving Inc. became WeHaul International Inc. on February 24, 2005, then Patriot Van Lines Inc. on May 3, 2011.

American Van Lines Inc. is owned by Anthony DiSorbo (FL SOS Doc P95000065434). MBM Moving Systems' president is Anna DiSorbo. The entire operation was a family business.

The network continues to expand. In December 2022, Colonial Van Lines of California LLC was filed with the Florida Secretary of State (Document L22000507197). The manager listed: Aldo Di Sorbo. The address: 1441 SW 29th Ave, Pompano Beach, the same address where Colonial Van Lines has operated for decades. The registered agent: Elias Hilal, a Fort Lauderdale attorney at 12 SE 7th Street Suite 700 who frequently appears as registered agent for Florida moving companies.

DiSorbo was banned from the industry in 1997, jailed in 2000, cited by name in Senate hearings in 2012. In 2022, he filed a new company under his own name at the same address. FMCSA's registration system does not cross-reference new applicants against individuals previously banned from the industry.

No single FMCSA search would reveal these connections. Each entity has its own registration, its own DOT number (if applicable), and its own complaint history. Only by cross-referencing Florida corporate filings does the full picture emerge.

Today, DiSorbo's operation continues under Colonial Van Lines, headquartered at 1441 SW 29th Avenue, Pompano Beach. Colonial's website describes itself as handling more than 12,000 moves annually with 'over 90 trucks and 45 agents.' Revenue is approximately $11.9 million.

FMCSA records show DiSorbo as the named officer on at least five separate Colonial Van Lines DOT registrations: the main FL entity (DOT 1434373), a second FL entity at the same address (DOT 4094070), an Atlanta office (DOT 1727120), a Tennessee entity (DOT 4071435, where his name is misspelled 'Disarbo'), and a Kansas City entity (DOT 4094039) registered at a virtual office address. A sixth entity, Colonial Van Lines of Texas (DOT 828725), lists a different officer but uses the same Pompano Beach FL address as the main Colonial operation. A 'Texas' company headquartered in Florida.

DiSorbo is also listed as a principal of Colonial Van Lines Relocation Division, Nationwide Move Management, and Moving Squad (a local South Florida mover also based in Pompano Beach).

In 2025, Colonial Van Lines sued the U.S. Moving Protection Organization (USMPO), a consumer protection nonprofit created by Segah Yildirim. USMPO provides complaint data and consumer guidance. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of Florida alongside suits from Safe Ship (Roger Vance) and Amerisafe, seeks to silence a platform that publishes consumer complaint information. The combined NCCDB complaint count of the three USMPO plaintiffs is 818.

The lawsuit mirrors a pattern from DiSorbo's earlier career. In 2007, Nationwide Relocation Services, a DiSorbo company, sued Tim Walker and his consumer website movingscam.com, the oldest moving fraud watchdog on the internet (founded 2001). In the 2020s, Colonial is suing USMPO. The tactic is the same across two decades: use legal action to suppress consumer information rather than improve service.

Florida Secretary of State records confirm that Frank Lucido is the President of AMS Moving Inc. (Amerisafe, DOT 3341650, 293 NCCDB complaints, #2 nationally). The same corporate filing (annual report P19000047032, February 2025) lists the officer/director as NW Management Services LLC, a Delaware entity at 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE. NW Management Services connects to the DiSorbo-era Nationwide Move Management operation.

Lucido was named as a co-defendant alongside Frank DeSantis in the FL AG's May 2026 settlement (Case L23-3-1566), which covered ten entities including Amerisafe, Eagle Moving Group (dba New Start Relocation), Cross Country Moving Group, and six others.

Amerisafe's corporate chain traces from Nationwide Moving Services Inc. to AMS Moving Inc. to the Amerisafe trade name. The Delaware holding entity (NW Management Services) and the shared personnel (Lucido) connect the DeSantis/Amerisafe operation to the DiSorbo/Colonial Van Lines operation documented above. Florida's two largest historical moving fraud networks are connected through corporate structure and shared leadership.

Attorney Lorri Lomnitzer of 7999 N Federal Highway, Suite 202, Boca Raton FL appears in FMCSA filings as attorney for both Colonial Van Lines (DOT 1434373, 121 NCCDB) and Safe Ship Moving Services (DOT 3475743, 404 NCCDB). Attorney Kelly desRosiers appears on filings for both companies as well. Lomnitzer also appears on filings for Amerisafe Vanlines (DOT 3341650, 293 NCCDB). One attorney connecting three of the highest-complaint moving companies in America.

A SunBiz search found '7999 Boca Properties LLC' registered at Lomnitzer's same Suite 202 address, suggesting the attorney may own the office building where the legal work for these companies is conducted.

The 1441 SW 29th Ave address in Pompano Beach, historically associated with Colonial Van Lines, continues to host multiple entities. Our SunBiz bulk data search confirmed: Colonial Van Lines Inc (P03000044519), MS Leasing of South Florida LLC, UPark Florida LLC, UPark US LLC, Bluestone Entertainment Venue LLC, and Cargo Cube entities are all registered at this address. The infrastructure built during the DiSorbo era persists even as the specific company names and operators cycle.

DiSorbo's career spans every enforcement mechanism that has been tried against moving fraud, and survived all of them:

- State AG ban (1997): violated, jailed, resumed operations - Criminal contempt prosecution (2000): served 2 months, resumed operations - Senate investigations (2012): led to legislative reforms that FMCSA never implemented - FMCSA regulatory oversight (ongoing): Colonial maintains active authority - Consumer watchdog documentation (2024-2026): responded with lawsuits against watchdogs

Thirty years of enforcement actions, legislative hearings, media investigations, and consumer complaints have not removed DiSorbo from the moving industry. The pattern he pioneered, Florida brokers quoting low, dispatching carriers they barely vet, collecting non-refundable deposits, and disclaiming responsibility, is now the dominant model for moving fraud nationally.

Every enforcement gap Trunk documents, every chameleon carrier that reincarnates, every broker that ignores an AG subpoena, operates in a landscape that DiSorbo helped create and that no enforcement action has successfully dismantled.