Jury finds Hazelwood, Jones guilty of conspiracy in Pilot Flying J fraud trial

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A federal jury on Thursday convicted the former president of the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer of a plot to rip off truckers to boost both his own bottom line and that of his employer — Pilot Flying J.

A five-woman, seven-man jury in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga deemed former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood guilty of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, one count of wire fraud and witness tampering.

The same jury acquitted former Vice President Scott “Scooter” Wombold of the conspiracy charge, of lying to the FBI and two counts of fraud. The jury instead convicted Wombold of a single count of wire fraud.

Former Pilot Flying J account representative Heather Jones was convicted on the conspiracy charge but acquitted of four individual acts of fraud.

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