Court documents in Ralenkotter's and Judd's cases show that fraud was well-known among sales staff and that Pilot's national account sales director taught employees how to defraud trucking companies out of rebate money without getting caught.
The charges arose in connection with a scheme to defraud debit-card holders by using stolen bank account information to withdraw money from ATMs. On March 20, 2012, Arakelyan and Vardanyan pleaded guilty.