Loaded and Rolling: The problem with load boards and small carrier exodus

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The problem with load boards
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Load board fraud is gaining attention...

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6th person pleads guilty in $1.4M scam against Texas trucking companies

A San Antonio-area man has pleaded guilty to accepting $432,000 in unearned payroll funds as part of a scam against carrier Texas Chrome Transport Inc. 

Mario Martinez, 49, is the sixth person to plead guilty in the scheme that diverted more than $1.4 million from Atascosa, Texas-based Texas Chrome Transport and a related company, MJR Truck Lines Inc. Atascosa is located 22 miles south of San Antonio.

Texas Chrome Transport has 208 drivers and 208 power units, according to the Federal Motor...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/man-pleads-guilty-in-scamming-texas-trucking-company

Fuel company owner pleads guilty to bilking nearly $6.3M from investors

The owner of a Wisconsin fuel company has pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in federal court, admitting he defrauded investors out of nearly $6.3 million and used the funds to charter private jets, visit nightclubs and rent villas.

Blessing K. Egbon, 35, of Milwaukee, CEO of Exit 7c, admitted to devising a scheme to provide current and potential investors with fake revenue and profit figures and forged bank statements for his fuel services business, according to his plea agreement...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fuel-company-owner-pleads-guilty-to-bilking-nearly-63m-from-investors

Missouri trucking company worker gets 6 years for money laundering, fraud

Missouri trucking company employee sentenced in fraud scheme

A Missouri woman was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for embezzling more than $700,000 from the family-owned trucking company and farm where she worked.

Once released from prison, Christen Diane Schulte, 35, of Washington, Missouri, will serve five years of supervised release and has been ordered to pay more than $517,140 in restitution to Maczuk Farms Trucking (MFT) and Maczuk Farms in New Haven, Missouri.

The theft was uncovered by the Maczuk family “after an internal audit...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/missouri-trucking-company-worker-gets-6-years-for-money-laundering-fraud

Oilfield supervisor admits lining pockets with $400,000 of Petco’s money

David Owen West pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering in Oklahoma.

A former oilfield supervisor pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering in federal court on Friday, admitting he orchestrated an elaborate scheme to defraud his employer out of more than $400,000. 

David Owen West, 59, of Drumright, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud and one count of wire fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

A grand jury had charged West in a 30-count indictment that was unsealed in October.

West, who worked as a field...

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Oregan man sentenced in $3.2 million fraud scheme targeting trucking investors

Neil Kauhi was sentenced to 8 years in prison

An Oregan man was recently sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay back over $3.2 million for his role in an elaborate fraud scheme while living in Hawaii.

Neil Kauhi, 52, of Wilsonville, Oregon, previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Senior U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor sentenced Kauhi to 97 months in federal prison and ordered him to pay more than $3.2 million in restitution in mid-December. He also consented to...

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