Owner op using me as ghost driver on elds

How do you know he’s been using you on his Eld? Rumor? Make a complaint. No way you can be held responsible or included in a Lawsuit if you weren’t there. Should be easy enough to prove. None of it will amount to anything. What proof do you have? Access to his records? I don’t think so. Make a complaint, keep a record, and move on. Looking for revenge? That’s about all you can do. Legally anyway. Maybe try getting all the proof together, then demanding $5000 to keep quiet. Lol. Seriously, you might have a valid Civil case. Lawyers can tell you. We can guess all day long. PPP scam whistleblower May get a reward. Go for it.

 

oh yes you can. It’s happened

 

PPP was a big giveaway. How many Employers took the money, kept working normally, paid employees with the Government hand out. Got to keep the normal payroll cost in their pockets. Workers didn’t benefit. Some may have kept Workers on the payroll, while work wasn’t otherwise available. But many, including Trucking Companies just got a free ride cash infusion. The Workers got the opportunity to keep their jobs, that no one wanted anyway.

 

I made a complaint once. Called the fmcsa hotline. Told them how I’d been working 100 hrs a week on the clock. Along with about 10 other Drivers. The company was Rite Aid Drug stores. I was angry after they used Me for 29 days, fired me, and escorted me off the property. They told me they’d make a note of it. Also suggested I was better off without them, and wished me luck. Pfffft!

 

Let’s see, someone has an accident. They get audited, and a former employee gets charged. I don’t think so.

 

Problem with that is the driver can be included in a lawsuit. Then it becomes a hassle to get removed from said lawsuit.
Not impossible, but a hassle that will likely require a lawyer to handle. That's why I suggested to create a paper trail of complaints, and @Ridgeline sending a c&d letter is also a very good idea. Remember courts believe paperwork more than people, so a paperwork trail is essential to proving that the driver no longer works there.

 

There’s more of those shenanigans goes on than you would think. The worst offenders get a pass somehow because they’re big recognizable retailers, not trucking companies. The Safety Nazis don’t seem to tar them with the same brush they reserve for those sneaky truckers. Same deal, Cousin could load a D6 sideways on a utility trailer and tow that out to a job. He’s a contractor, not a trucking company. They let a lot slide. My guys wouldn’t get the taillights of the tractor out of the yard with that before they were under arrest. Trucking companies are scary and they have to stay on us.

 

U.S Marshals - they know what to do

 

Anything’s possible, but the OP shouldn’t have a problem at all with something like that. I mean, even if he’s been hiding in the basement since, his cell phone records alone. They convict and clear suspected murderers using them. The burden of proof is on the employer.

 

This would be a civil suit and the employer and the driver would, with everyone else involved, be a co-defendant. It's not employer vs. driver. It's victim's family vs. everyone they think is involved. Yes stuff like cell records help. Now, prove the driver was the one using the cell phone in the basement and not someone else with the driver using a pre-paid phone.

Don't get me wrong. The driver can still get out of any suit, but having an already established paper trail makes the job easier.