Pilot Flying J said it has agreed to settle thousands of nationwide fuel-rebate fraud complaints in a U.S. District Court class-action suit that the truck stop operator’s CEO said was meant to “re-earn our customers’ trust.”
July 17, 2013Business
Court Rejects Bid to Merge Pilot Flying J Suits
A panel of federal judges has denied a motion to consolidate a dozen federal fuel-price fraud lawsuits against Pilot Flying J truck stops.
August 9, 2013Business
Pilot Agrees to Settle Lawsuits Over Fuel-Price Fraud Claims
Pilot Flying J last week agreed to settle nationwide fuel-price fraud complaints in a class-action proceeding to end a three-month saga that could cost the company at least $26 million.
July 22, 2013Business
Three More Pilot Flying J Employees Plead Guilty in Trucking Rebate Case
Three more Pilot Flying J employees have pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud trucking companies out of rebates, the Tennessean newspaper reported.
June 19, 2013Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Pilot Flying J
I am writing to you as a satisfied customer of Pilot Flying J, and I wanted to express my opinion — and what I believe is the feeling of the majority of Pilot customers — concerning issues within the Pilot organization.
June 10, 2013Business
Trucking Companies Seek to Consolidate Pilot Flying J Suits in Ohio Court
Attorneys for an Ohio trucking company are seeking to consolidate several federal lawsuits filed against Pilot Flying J in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, the Plain Dealer reported.
June 6, 2013Business
Two Pilot Flying J Employees Plead Guilty in Fuel-Rebate Case
Two Pilot Corp. employees pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges as the U.S. government investigates fuel-rebate practices at Pilot Flying J’s truck-stop business, Bloomberg News reported.
May 30, 2013Business
Haslam Says He Was Not Aware of Fleet Fuel Rebate Scheme
INDIANAPOLIS — Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam said he was “absolutely not aware” of any alleged scheme by employees to underpay customers of a fuel rebate program that is now the subject of a federal criminal investigation.
May 17, 2013Perspective
Opinion: Regarding Pilot Flying J
The following is a letter sent to the motor carrier members of American Trucking Associations by ATA President and CEO Bill Graves on May 2, 2013, regarding the ongoing investigation of alleged discrepancies in a fuel purchasing rebate program by federal authorities into Pilot Flying J.
May 6, 2013