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Pilot Flying J fraud trial wraps up, deliberations to begin next week

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) 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)

Three months after the government launched its fraud conspiracy case against the former president of the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer and three subordinates, a jury should begin deliberations next week.

U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier said Thursday closing arguments in the case against former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and three former subordinates will begin Monday afternoon.

Those arguments are expected to span hours, and Collier said he anticipates deliberations will get underway Wednesday.

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