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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProbe of well-connected truck stop chain may widen
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The federal investigation into the truck stop chain owned by the family of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam led to its first convictions this week and threatens to widen against employees at Pilot Flying J.
Court documents allege that sales teams were being trained on how to scam the company's customers out of rebates and get away with it.
Pilot's regional sales director and regional accounts representative both pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The pleas were entered in U.S. District Court in Knoxville. Prosecutors have offered to recommend a much lighter sentence for both employees provided they cooperate with federal investigators and reveal the extent of how many people in the company knew about the fraud.
The Knoxville-based chain is run by CEO Jimmy Haslam, the brother of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. Pilot Flying J, the country's largest diesel retailer with annual revenues of $31 billion, was founded by their father.
http://news.yahoo.com/probe-well-connected-truck-stop-chain-may-widen-083237398.html
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)be reasonable assumption for a business? What is that like 1 billion per year in profits? Takes a lot of daddy's money to become governor.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)But ... THEY are not the only ones who take advantage.
Hurray for this investigation!
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Greed, Oil & Perversion, Inc.
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Haslam was a part owner of the Steelers until he bought the Browns last year.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)people before it's enough. I wonder what this governor is doing behind our backs. Sadly we won't ever know unless someone talks.