'I said, Jimmy, we've been caught,' former Pilot Flying J sales executive testifies
CHATTANOOGA – Former Pilot Flying J sales executive Brian Mosher told jurors Tuesday federal agents and a prosecutor showed up on his doorstep on Tax Day 2013 and asked him to make a phone call to the chief executive officer of his company.
“I was asked to make a phone call and I did — (to) Jimmy Haslam,” Mosher testified.
Agents and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Lewen recorded the call, Mosher said.
“I said, ‘Jimmy, we’ve been caught,’” Mosher testified. “He said, ‘I understand there are some folks at your house.’”
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Attorney Rusty Hardin, who is representing former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood on fraud conspiracy charges linked to a scheme to rip off small trucking companies of promised discounts, asked Mosher what Haslam said when told “we’ve been caught.”
“He didn’t ask, ‘Caught doing what?’” Hardin asked.
Mosher responded, “No. He immediately transferred me to Pilot legal (counsel).”