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What began as a crackdown on a Pennsylvania trucking company and its owner for hours-of-service violations developed into an investigation that revealed logbook cover-ups and recycling of multiple loads of condemned milk.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations.
Dean A. Landis, 45, of Willow Street, PA owner of D.A. Landis Trucking Inc. in Lancaster, PA, was sentenced Tuesday, July 24, in connection with conspiracy to falsify logbooks. The violations occurred from about 2007 through November 2009 and included 10 drivers.
Landis was sentenced to five years probation, including 12 months home detention, plus a $15,000 criminal fine and a special assessment of $100. Landis Trucking was placed on a four-year probation period and fined $250,000, plus a $4,400 special assessment. The company must also implement a comprehensive compliance and ethics plan.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John J. Pease. According to Pease’s office, between 2007 and 2009, Landis instructed his drivers to prepare and maintain false daily logbooks to conceal violations. Investigators found files specifically marked “Not for DOT.”
Landis pleaded guilty March 16, 2012, on his own behalf and on behalf of his truck company.
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The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations.
Dean A. Landis, 45, of Willow Street, PA owner of D.A. Landis Trucking Inc. in Lancaster, PA, was sentenced Tuesday, July 24, in connection with conspiracy to falsify logbooks. The violations occurred from about 2007 through November 2009 and included 10 drivers.
Landis was sentenced to five years probation, including 12 months home detention, plus a $15,000 criminal fine and a special assessment of $100. Landis Trucking was placed on a four-year probation period and fined $250,000, plus a $4,400 special assessment. The company must also implement a comprehensive compliance and ethics plan.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John J. Pease. According to Pease’s office, between 2007 and 2009, Landis instructed his drivers to prepare and maintain false daily logbooks to conceal violations. Investigators found files specifically marked “Not for DOT.”
Landis pleaded guilty March 16, 2012, on his own behalf and on behalf of his truck company.
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