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This week, the owners of multiple trucking companies admitted to fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of pandemic relief funds. On June 16, 2025, Ajay Chawla, 60, and his wife, Ruhi Chawla, 50, pleaded...

A couple from Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced to federal prison last month for fraud and identity theft. On May 28, 2025, Yeniseis Saavedra, 35, was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison to be...

A United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer was arrested for fraudulently obtaining nearly $150,000 in COVID-19 pandemic business-relief loan funds for two of his "sham businesses," including a trucking company. CBP officer Amer Aldarawsheh, 45,...

Lawmakers introduced a bill intended to make it easer to get a commercial driver's license (CDL) by streamlining certain requirements, including allowing the CDL holders accompanying student drivers to be in the sleeper berth instead of...

This month, a New Hampshire man admitted to participation in a nearly $320,000 COVID-19 relief fund scheme. On January 8, 2025, Tyree Jones, 32, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, to a charge of...

The owner of multiple Spokane, Washington-based trucking companies pleaded guilty to charges related to tampering with pollution controls on trucks used by his businesses, federal authorities say. On December 13, officials announced that Pavel Ivanovich Turlak and...

A Memphis trucking company owner was sentenced to federal prison for a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), authorities say. Herman Shaw, 44, owner of Freight Masters, Inc., was sentenced to 30 months in federal...

A Florida man has been indicted on multiple charges for allegedly stealing identification information from his deceased business partner to obtain COVID-19 business loans from the government. Stephen L. Gurba, 68, has been charged with wire fraud,...

A trucking company owner who appears as a frequent guest on Fox News claims that truckers are largely supporting Trump, mostly due to concerns over costs.  Mike Kucharski, co-owner and vice president of JKC Trucking in Chicago,...

On Monday, bankrupt trucking company Yellow Corporation announced the repayment of a $700 million loan issued by the U.S. government during the pandemic.

A Missouri man and his truck repair company were indicted on multiple counts related to a scheme that involved using COVID-19 relief funding to commit conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has brought an end to an emergency declaration providing regulatory relief for truckers hauling certain supplies during the pandemic after more than two years.