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Former Pilot Flying J sales executive: ‘I cheated customers and I did it well’

Pilot Flying J corporate offices in Knoxville are home to the nation's biggest diesel retailer.(AP Photo/News Sentinel, Michael Patrick, File)
Pilot Flying J corporate offices in Knoxville are home to the nation's biggest diesel retailer.(AP Photo/News Sentinel, Michael Patrick, File) Pilot Flying J corporate offices in Knoxville are home to the nation's biggest diesel retailer.(AP Photo/News Sentinel, Michael Patrick, File)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Brian Mosher considered himself a master at the game of defrauding trucking company customers, and he told jurors Monday he presented details of it to his bosses, including former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and current Chief Executive Officer Jimmy Haslam.

“I was hammering for a promotion with the discount savings my (fraudulent) manual rebates created for Pilot,” Mosher testified in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga. “I used manual rebates to try to position myself for promotions.”

Mosher said he went over spreadsheets with Hazelwood and Haslam that detailed how much cash he “saved” Pilot Flying J by paying trucking firms a much lower discount on diesel fuel purchases than he promised.

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