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Apr 17, 2013

FRAUDS - Skimming more than $1.7 million from trucking companies * USA

* Ohio - 28 charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering

Columbus,OH,USA -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -Apr. 17, 2013: -- A 97-count indictment was filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Ohio last month charging 28 people with violations including conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering for their roles in a scheme that skimmed more than $1.7 million from trucking companies. The indictment charges that the defendants fraudulently obtained account numbers and codes used by trucking companies to wire money to drivers from February 2011 through November 2012. Account numbers and codes used by trucking companies to issue checks through electronic fund processing companies (EFP) such as Fleet One, Comdata, and TCH were obtained by the scammers, without the knowledge or consent of the trucking companies. The defendants traveled to truck stops in the Northern District of Ohio and elsewhere and once at the truck stops, they posed as truck drivers, approached customer service counters, presented the stolen account numbers and codes, and requested checks from EFPs, according to the indictment. Customer service representatives at the truck stops then processed the requests by sending the account numbers and codes via wire to EFP processing centers located outside the Northern District of Ohio. The EFPs then authorized the requests and authorized the truck stop customer service representatives, via wire, to print checks for the defendants. They then endorsed the checks and cashed them at the truck stops, according to the indictment...


* Pennsylvania - Trucking company president charged with workers’ comp fraud 

Allentown,PENN,USA -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -Apr. 18, 2013: -- The president of Horst and Sons Trucking Inc. has been charged with workers’ comp fraud. Officials allege that the Pennsylvania trucking company failed to provide workers’ compensation insurance over a 250-day period, but accepted government funds to maintain the policy... The trucking company, operating under a contract with the United States Postal Service, received government funds totaling $54,067.85 specifically for workers’ compensation coverage related to six contracts, but diverted those funds for other use, according to a report in the Record Herald... Joann Wildeson, president and part owner of the company, diverted the funds to other uses, according to officials with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General. When questioned about the USPS contracts and government funding, Wildeson told officials, “the business had difficulty meeting expenses, and had to make hard choices regarding expenditures,” an affidavit reads...


* Tennessee - Pilot Flying J under federal investigation 


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Knoxville,TN,USA -Fleet Owner, by Brian Straight -Apr. 17, 2013: -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) raided the Knoxville, TN, corporate headquarters of Pilot Flying J on Monday as part of an ongoing investigation believed to center on unpaid customer rebates... CEO Jimmy Haslam said two search warrants were served on the company and several subpoenas were issued, including some to members of the company’s sales staff. Haslam said the company has 23 sales people and approximately 3,300 trucking companies with whom Pilot Flying J does regular business... In a general media availability on Tuesday afternoon, Haslam, son of the company’s founder Jim Haslam, said all 480 truck stops are operating normally, despite the criminal investigation...

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