KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Three former employees of Pilot Flying J, the truck stop owned by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tenn. Gov. Billl Haslam, pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges involving a scheme where trucking companies were cheated out of promised fuel rebates.
The three are among 10 former Pilot Flying J employees to plead guilty since federal agents raided the company’s Knoxville headquarters last year. They have agreed to cooperate with the government for a reduced sentence.
One of the former employees who appeared in court Monday is Brian Mosher, a former director of sales from Bettendorf, Iowa, who admitted to training other company employees on how to cheat customers.
“Brian Mosher has recognized and acknowledged a serious situation that developed at the company, and he’s doing what he can to help correct it,” said Mosher’s attorney, Chicago lawyer Steven Kowal.
Mosher faces a maximum of 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, although it’s unlikely he’d serve that amount of time.