Ex-Flying J Exec Tells How He Cheated Customers: 'I Did It Well'

CHATTANOOGA, TN – A former executive at Pilot Flying J explained that in his efforts to get a promotion at the diesel fuel retailer, he paid lower discount prices on fuel purchases than what he had promised, according to a media report. And, in doing so, ex-Flying J executive Brian Mosher saved the company money.

Mosher's revelations came Monday during the ongoing federal trial of Flying J President Mark Hazelwood, vice president Scott Wombold and two regional account representatives, Heather Jones and Karen Mann. They are charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.

Mosher testified Monday that he touted his savings for the company to Hazelwood and Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam, who owns the Cleveland Browns. Haslam has not been charged and has denied any knowledge of any fraudulent activity at the company.

Mosher, though, testified that he was working under Hazelwood and was instructed on what he should do, according to a report in the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

“I cheated customers and I did it well,” he said.

Mosher testified that he became frustrated that while he was fudging the rebates and saving the company money, he was not getting promotions while other employees around him were, the News-Sentinel reports. He eventually was promoted to national accounts executive – before agents from the FBI and IRS raided the company's headquarters in April 2013.

Mosher is among 14 people at Flying J who have pleaded guilty in the fraud case, according to News-Sentinel. Two others have been granted immunity.

>>> Read the full story at the Knoxville-Sentinel

Photo: Jimmy Haslam, CEO of Pilot Flying J and owner of the Cleveland Browns by Jason Miller / Getty Images