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Mar 23, 2012

TRUCKING FRAUD * USA

* Feds: New York trucking company employees stole $5 million from union

New York,NY,USA -Land Line -22 March 2012: -- Federal prosecutors say a group of five New York City trucking company employees worked together to steal $5 million from a union... According to the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, John Farnsworth controlled four trucking companies and worked with four individuals placed in roles at the companies to enter into union contracts with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 282... While the companies were paid union wages of $30 an hour for drivers as well as benefits for the employees, much of the work performed was done by the non-union companies – in which drivers weren’t paid union wages. The five charged individuals allegedly pocketed the difference... The companies – Greenwood 2 LLC, Rainbow Transportation Corp., and Nicholas J. LLC and Marky O’G LLC – performed work on projects receiving DOT grant funds, including the New York City Second Avenue Subway project and the World Trade Center Transportation Hub project...

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