KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– Eight former employees of Jimmy Haslam’s Pilot Flying J are facing federal charges related to a fuel rebate scheme. Cleveland Browns owner and Pilot CEO Haslam was not among the group indicted. Continuing coverage of the Pilot Flying J investigation here Ex-Pilot President Mark Hazelwood and seven others were indicted on one count of conspiracy […]

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – More executives at Pilot Flying J have left the company, according to a knowledgeable source close to Pilot. The source on Tuesday confirmed that Ron Carter, Jon Sigurdson and Kevin Hanscomb were terminated Monday, while Karen Mann and Heather Jones were placed on administrative leave. Pilot CEO Jimmy Haslam announced in […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – An Alabama trucking company has filed a new class action lawsuit claiming Jimmy Haslam’s Pilot Flying J Travel Centers cheated it out of promised fuel rebates. Eagle Motor Freight, Inc is a Montgomery, Alabama, trucking company that said it was a party to a fuel rebate contract with Pilot Flying J since […]

JACKSON, Miss. – Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam faces additional fraud allegations involving a Mississippi trucker who claims Haslam’s Pilot Flying J company cheated on fuel rebates. A class action complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss. alleges since 2005, Pilot Flying J Travel Centers withheld “tens of millions of dollars in […]

KNOXVILLE – Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam said today the raid Monday on his company was part of a federal criminal investigation into claims of failure to pay rebates to trucking customers. “It does not involve any tax issues,” he said during a short press conference this afternoon at the company’s headquarters in West […]