Federal Agents Raid Virginia Carrier

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  1. LSAgentOZR

    LSAgentOZR Road Train Member

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    On Tuesday, federal agents raided a Mt.Crawford, Virginia, carrier. Today, more information is coming out about what prompted the raid.
    Since 2006, Beam Brothers Trucking has been under investigation by the feds. According to WHSV, affidavits show that workers reported that their supervisors made them lie about the hours they worked and falsify or create new logs.

    If drivers refused to falsify their logs, they were threatened with termination or their paychecks were withheld.
    One witness claimed a supervisor “told him he needed to falsify his logbooks in order to receive his paycheck, meaning if he drove over the 11 hour rule, he had to make a new logbook and manipulate it to reflect 11 hours of driving. The witness recalled a specific occasion when his paycheck was not direct deposited into his bank account. One or two days later, he received a letter from Bean Brothers Trucking management at his residence, which stated he needed to falsify his logs in order to be paid…the witness stated that after he was involved in an accident, he called a supervisor and told him he was over his hours. The supervisor instructed him to falsify his logbook.”

    Seven witnesses complained to authorities that their supervisors made them lie about the hours they worked and falsify their logs. Some employees even claimed they were told to destroy their logbooks when they arrived at their destination and fill out new logs.

    This isn’t the first time the carrier has come under fire for HOS and logbook violations.

    In 2004, Beam Brothers Trucking was fined $22,670 for 11 HOS violations.

    In 2010, Beam Brothers Trucking was fined $31,480 for 23 violations of “false reports of duty status” and 16 violations for “failure to preserve driver’s records of duty status supporting documents for six months.” Beam Brothers settled the charges and paid a $25,000 fine

    Read more at http://cdllife.com/2013/top-trucking-news/federal-agents-raid-virginia-carrier/#LtyMrvD5o2dZ7IiF.99
     
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  3. LSAgentOZR

    LSAgentOZR Road Train Member

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    Just as bad brokers scam people, carriers like this should be absolutely 100% shutdown and their owners prevented from ever operating in the industry again.
     
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  4. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    Rinky-dink fines will not stop them from doing what they are doing.
     
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  5. snowblind

    snowblind Heavy Load Member

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    i can't see a company being so stupid as to send letter telling him to falsify his logs ???
     
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  6. driver55

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    This thread was talked about earlier today by EZX110 thread (you fix your coloring book or don't get paid) I worked there back in 09-10 and glad I left and never looked back:)
     
  7. Autocar

    Autocar Road Train Member

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    They are working on this problem. I have seen more companies get their Authority revoked, in the last couple years, than ever before. Also, see more reports of the Feds chasing down "Chamelion" carriers, than before.
     
  8. EZX1100

    EZX1100 Road Train Member

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    the owner of Mabe got locked up for less, didnt he?
     
  9. Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    Fines will just be considered a "business expense." The owners and management should get a stiff prison sentence, then be barred from trucking in any way, shape or form, forever.

    Of course, then they will find a new scam, as soon as they are released from prison.:biggrin_25510:
     
  10. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    Aha....so THAT'S where all these guys who want to "polish your rims" come from!:biggrin_25523:
     
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  11. RickG

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    A few owners of small carriers have faced criminal charges after a fatality . Owners of megacarriers are immune from criminal prosecution .
     
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