The statute of limitations ended Monday without prosecutors filing new charges in the $56 million fraud committed by top executives of Pilot Flying J, the family business of Browns owner Jimmy Haslam.
April 17, 2018Business, Fuel, TCA
Pilot Flying J Owner Jimmy Haslam Won’t Face Charges in Fraud Case
Business, Fuel
Warren Buffett Reveals He Paid $2.786 Billion for Stake in Pilot Flying J
Warren Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. made only one “sensible” stand-alone acquisition last year, and it didn’t do much for his growing pile of cash.
March 20, 2018Business, Technology
GasBuddy Supplies B2B Software to Pilot Flying J
GasBuddy announced that Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel centers in North America, has selected its software-as-a-service application, GasBuddy Business Pages, to drive customers to its 750 locations.
March 19, 2018Business, Fuel
Pilot Flying J to Expand Truck Care Services in 2018
ATLANTA — Seven Truck Care service center locations are planned to debut by the middle of the year, Pilot Flying J executives announced at the Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting March 6.
March 7, 2018Government, Business, Fuel, TCA
Pilot Flying J's Ex-President Mark Hazelwood Found Guilty of Conspiracy in Fraud Trial
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A jury on Feb. 15 found former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and account representative Heather Jones guilty of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Former employees Scott Wombold and Karen Mann were found not guilty of conspiracy.
February 15, 2018Business, Fuel
No Verdict Yet in Pilot Flying J Fraud Trial
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - After more than three days of deliberations, a jury deciding the fate of the former president of the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer and three subordinates in a plot to rip off truckers still had not reached a verdict Feb. 14.
February 14, 2018Business, Fuel, TCA
Former Pilot Flying J Sales Exec Ordered Up Fraud 'Manual'
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – It was getting tough to keep up with the cheating, and getting caught had proven expensive for the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer. But Pilot Flying J sales executive Arnie Ralenkotter had a solution: A fraud “manual.”
February 12, 2018Business, Fuel
Prosecutor Takes on Defense in Pilot Flying J Fraud Trial; No Verdict Yet
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Jurors in whose hands rest the fate of the former president of the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer and three subordinates went home Feb. 7 after nearly four hours of deliberations and no verdict.
February 8, 2018Government, Business, Fuel, TCA
Hazelwood Attorney Says Feds Are Making a Crime out of Civil Fraud
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The former president of Pilot Flying J took on the federal government Feb. 6, accusing prosecutors of ginning up a criminal case out of a civil fraud, and making a deal with the devil to do it.
February 7, 2018Business, Fuel, TCA
Prosecutor: Former Pilot Flying J President Approved of and Planned to Expand Fraud Scheme
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood didn’t merely know his sales division was “infected” with a greedy plot to deceive and defraud trucking companies. He promoted the chief architect of the plot and made plans to grow the scheme, a federal prosecutor told jurors Feb. 5.
February 6, 2018