Pilot Flying J sales exec gave to Haslam campaign
FYI - governor bill haslam (tennessee) and his family own the Pilot Flying J company and the governor's brother jimmy haslam runs it.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Pilot Flying J sales executive at the center of an federal fraud investigation combined with his wife to contribute $12,000 to the campaign of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in recent years.
John Freeman, vice president of sales at Pilot, gave a combined $5,000 to Haslam's 2010 gubernatorial campaign and an additional $2,000 last year. Freeman's wife, Monica, gave $5,000 in 2010.
Freeman was singled out in a search warrant affidavit released last week by the FBI as one of the sales executives who allegedly ran a rebate scheme to cheat Pilot Flying J customers, mostly trucking companies, out of millions of dollars. Knoxville-based Pilot is the nation's largest truck-stop operator.
A spokesman with the governor's office declined to explain the relationship between Haslam and Freeman. Haslam was president of the family-owned business until 2002. According to the affidavit, the FBI's investigation focuses on the years after that.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/23/pilot-flying-j-exec-gave-to-haslam-campaign/2108483/
