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TexasTowelie

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Sun Sep 30, 2018, 02:22 PM Sep 2018

Former Pilot Flying J president sentenced to more than 12​​​​​​​ years in prison, fined $750K

CHATTANOOGA – A federal judge on Wednesday ordered former Pilot Flying J President to serve more than 12 years in federal prison as the mastermind of a five-year fraud plot to grow the firm's market share.

Senior U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier also ordered Mark Hazelwood to pay a $750,000 fine in addition to spending 150 months behind bars.

"The motive was hubris - his competitiveness ... his desire to capture more market share for Pilot," Collier said. "The defendant improperly took it upon himself to use the Pilot name and reputation ... This degree of commandeering ... the court is not aware of any reported case where such a situation has happened.

"Mr. Hazelwood abused the trust of Pilot and the trust placed in him," Collier continued. "The participants (in the fraud scheme) laughed and joked about it. They used extreme and offensive language. They used Pilot's email ... cellphones ... financial management system. They talked openly of this criminal activity ... He violated the law on a constant and repeated basis for half a decade."

Read more: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/09/26/ex-pilot-flying-j-president-mark-hazelwood-gets-150-months-fined-750-k/1412081002/

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Former Pilot Flying J president sentenced to more than 12​​​​​​​ years in prison, fined $750K (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2018 OP
What about Haslem liberal N proud Sep 2018 #1
They need to find guys like that right down to their last shitstained pair of underwear. brewens Sep 2018 #2

brewens

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2. They need to find guys like that right down to their last shitstained pair of underwear.
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 02:45 PM
Sep 2018

Then hard time, general population.

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