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And Beyond…
Two of the remaining carri-
ers suing fuel provider Pilot
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lawsuits to allege that the
company's chief executive
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structed" employees to cheat
diesel fuel customers out of
fuel rebates.
The amendments were
submitted Nov. 14 by Na-
tional Retail Transportation
and Keystone Freight Corp.
in the U.S. District Court in
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the seven remaining lawsuits
against the company.
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unaware of the fuel rebate
withholding scheme when
it was occurring and has
been working to correct the
problem since the federal
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April 2013.
NRT and Keystone claim
in their amended suits that
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employees to advise [carri-
ers] that they would receive"
rebates on each gallon of fuel
purchased from the compa-
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documents.
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intended for Pilot to honor
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claim in the amendment.
The alleged fraudulent
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from the scheme in the form
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valuation of his company and
compensation packages."
The amendments make the
Fuel scheme started at the top, lawsuits claim
same claims about former Pilot presi-
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from the company in May.