The Haslam family says majority owner Berkshire Hathaway is trying to artificially depress Pilot Travel Centers' value to lower the price it has to pay to get the remaining 20% of the company.
October 27, 2023Business, Fuel
Haslams, Buffett Tangled in Accounting Spat Over Pilot
Government
Tennessee Gov. Haslam Advocates for Gas Tax in State of the State
NASHVILLE — With the state flush with new general government revenues, Gov. Bill Haslam on Jan. 30 unveiled a $37 billion annual spending plan, urging lawmakers to adopt his recommended gas tax increases to pay for better roads and reject temptations to dodge it by turning to burgeoning revenues in other non-transportation areas to fund it instead.
January 31, 2017Business
Pilot Flying J President Jimmy Haslam Answers Questions About Alleged Fuel Rebate Scam
Pilot Flying J President Jimmy Haslam emerged the evening of Dec. 13 from a daylong deposition in a civil lawsuit over the firm's alleged diesel fuel rebate scam with another denial of any role or knowledge of the fraud to which several subordinates have confessed or are facing indictment.
December 14, 2016Business
Columbus Trucking Firm Files Lawsuit Against Pilot Flying J
Trucking company FST Express is the latest to file a lawsuit against Pilot Flying J, saying it lost more than $75,000 in a fuel-rebate scheme, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.
October 9, 2013Business
Judge to Weigh Bid to Depose Pilot CEO by Georgia Fleet in Rebate Fraud Lawsuit
A judge in Knoxville, Tenn. has scheduled an Aug. 22 hearing to consider whether to allow a Georgia motor carrier to take a sworn deposition from Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam and three other executives of the truck stop chain in connection with a rebate-discount fraud lawsuit.
August 19, 2013Business
Grand Jury Reportedly Investigating Pilot Flying J
A federal grand jury is investigating Pilot Flying J owner Jimmy Haslam for allegations of fuel rebate fraud, a Cleveland television station reported.
July 15, 2013Business
2 Pilot Workers Plead Guilty in Fuel Rebate Controversy
Two employees of Pilot Flying J pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with the federal government’s investigation into allegations the truck-stop chain shorted some trucking customers who participated in its fuel rebate program.
June 3, 2013Business
Haslam ‘Absolutely Not Aware’ of Fleet Fuel Rebate Scheme
INDIANAPOLIS — Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam said he was “absolutely not aware” of any alleged scheme by employees to underpay customers of a fuel rebate program that is now the subject of a federal criminal investigation.
May 20, 2013