Judge Curtis L. Collier (above)

The guilty verdict was reversed Thursday by the Federal Appeals Court in Cincinnati.

The defendants are:

• Mark Hazelwood

• Scott Wombold

• Heather Jones

They were convicted of stealing $20,213,789 from their customers in a rebate scam.

They used to work for Pilot Flying J selling diesel and fracking fuels.

The case goes back to Judge Curtis L. Collier, the trial judge.

To be retried.

In the Federal District Court of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

https://www.tned.uscourts.gov/content/curtis-l-collier-senior-united-states-district-judge

The court’s 40-page opinion is linked here:

https://www.scribd.com/document/480489809/Appeal-decision-in-Mark-Hazelwood-etal-cases-Pilot-Flying-J-Oct-14th-2020-40-Pages

Details of the jury verdicts are linked in these stories:

https://brassballs.blog/home/mark-hazelwood-sentenced-to-12-and-a-half-years-for-stealing-ten-million-dollars-from-customers-of-pilot-flying-j

https://brassballs.blog/home/scott-wombold-sentenced-to-six-years-for-stealing-four-million-dollars-from-customers-of-pilot-flying-j

https://brassballs.blog/home/heather-jones-gets-two-years-nine-months-for-stealing-five-million-dollars-from-customers-of-pilot-flying-j