Pilot Fly J fraud accusations outrage trucking companies---tennessee

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Trucking company operators in Tennessee and beyond expressed surprise and disgust Friday about revelations that the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain may have deliberately cheated its customers on rebates they were supposed to have earned on their diesel-fuel purchases.

Accusations of fraud over the rebate program, suggesting that millions of dollars were withheld from the trucking companies, were outlined in an affidavit released by the FBI on Thursday.

Knoxville-based Pilot Flying J, the nation’s largest truck-stop operator, is majority-owned and controlled by the family of Gov. Bill Haslam, whose brother, Jimmy Haslam, is chief executive officer.

The affidavit sent shock waves throughout the trucking industry, said Tommy Hodges, owner of Shelbyville-based Titan Transfer Inc. and a former chairman of the American Trucking Association.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130419/NEWS03/304190150/Pilot-Fly-J-fraud-accusations-outrage-trucking-companies-?nclick_check=1

[dembotoz]

1. another wealthy republican crook--yawn

now if this was a terror suspect with expensive shoes.......

[wilt the stilt]

2. This is actually the mindset of many republicans

which equates to their political philosophy. Because they cheat, lie and steal they think everyone does.

[progressoid]

3. What? A republican AND a criminal?

What are the chances?