Bill McElroy
Well-Known Member
Posted on 29 February 2012
The owners of a trucking company in Lebanon, Mo., and one other person were indicted this week by a federal grand jury in connection with their alleged roles in a conspiracy to defraud Tracker Marine, a Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer of boats and trailers, Beth Phillips, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced.
James Keith Ivey, 51, his wife, Melinda Kay Ivey, 42, and Paul Ray Hunting, 39, were charged in a 24-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield.
The indictment alleges that the three co-defendants devised a scheme to defraud Tracker Marine from January 2006 to April 2009 by inflating purchase orders and shipping invoices. During that time, the Iveys and Hunting allegedly caused more than 2,550 fraudulent invoices to be submitted to Tracker, creating a total loss of more than $850,000 to the boatbuilder.
The Iveys owned and operated J&M Trucking Inc. Tracker contracted with J&M to transport boats and trailers to Tracker
The owners of a trucking company in Lebanon, Mo., and one other person were indicted this week by a federal grand jury in connection with their alleged roles in a conspiracy to defraud Tracker Marine, a Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer of boats and trailers, Beth Phillips, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced.
James Keith Ivey, 51, his wife, Melinda Kay Ivey, 42, and Paul Ray Hunting, 39, were charged in a 24-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield.
The indictment alleges that the three co-defendants devised a scheme to defraud Tracker Marine from January 2006 to April 2009 by inflating purchase orders and shipping invoices. During that time, the Iveys and Hunting allegedly caused more than 2,550 fraudulent invoices to be submitted to Tracker, creating a total loss of more than $850,000 to the boatbuilder.
The Iveys owned and operated J&M Trucking Inc. Tracker contracted with J&M to transport boats and trailers to Tracker