A federal grand jury in Nebraska recently indicted two former trucking employees of Roadrunner Temperature Controlled, alleging the pair orchestrated an elaborate wire fraud scheme to defraud the company out of nearly $113,000.
Amy Shepherd, 42, of Oxford, Kansas, and Johnny Bradford II, 50, of Lancaster, California, were charged with four counts of wire fraud on Jan. 19, according to a grand jury indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.
According to the...
Federal investigators have charged a second man in connection with an ongoing probe into an alleged CDL scheme in Pennsylvania.
Roberto Correas, of Reading, Pennsylvania, faces 12 counts of wire fraud, according to the criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in November.
The complaint alleges Correas, who worked as a CDL program supervisor at the Berks Career and Technology Center in Leesport, Pennsylvania, conspired with another third-party...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2nd-pennsylvania-man-charged-in-alleged-cdl-testing-scheme
The owner of a Pennsylvania trucking company is facing wire fraud and money laundering charges after federal prosecutors claim he used $467,000 in funds obtained through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to purchase a residential property, two vehicles and stock market investments.
Federal prosecutors claim Keith McConnell, 43, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, submitted fraudulent PPP loan applications and forged documents on behalf of his defunct...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/feds-claim-trucking-company-owner-bought-house-cars-with-ppp-loan
A federal grand jury has indicted a former driver recruiter for two Missouri trucking companies on five counts of wire fraud.
The indictment, filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, claims that Michelle Serth-Stein, 50, of Smithton, Illinois, submitted fake recruiting expenses for reimbursement from October 2017 to January 2019 while working as a driver recruiter for Midwest Systems. The intermodal logistics company, headquartered in St. Louis, has 61 power units and 46 drivers.
After she was...
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