Pilot Flying J fuel fraud case could last six weeks

This April 30, 2013, file photo shows the Pilot Flying J corporate offices in Knoxville, Tenn. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is acquiring a major stake in Pilot Flying J truck stops and it will become a majority owner within about five years, in a deal announced Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. (Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File)
This April 30, 2013, file photo shows the Pilot Flying J corporate offices in Knoxville, Tenn. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is acquiring a major stake in Pilot Flying J truck stops and it will become a majority owner within about five years, in a deal announced Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. (Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File)

The upcoming trial of four former Pilot Flying J executives and assistants who remain at the defense table in the ongoing prosecution of an $85 million rebate rip-off scheme will span at least six weeks.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Trey Hamilton told U.S. District Judge Curtis L. Collier at a hearing Monday that he and fellow prosecutor David Lewen could take as long as a month to present their case against former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and his three co-defendants.

"We believe we can put our proof on in three or four weeks," Hamilton said.

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