re: FBI "Locks Down" Pilot-Flying J headquarters

Copied from another board:

From CEO Jimmy Haslam's (emailed) statement:

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“The FBI secured our headquarters today and informed us they are investigating Pilot Flying J,” Pilot CEO Jimmy Haslam said in an email statement Monday afternoon."

“We will cooperate appropriately with any and all external investigations and conduct our own. I believe and trust there has been no wrongdoing. The integrity of our company always has been job No. 1.”

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From statement of Pilot's PR Firm (Moxley Carmichael), and whom Gov. Haslam referred questions (he declined comment):

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“At this time, we do not know the nature of the situation,” according to the statement. “Pilot Flying J is cooperating fully with the authorities.

“Pilot Flying J is confident that the matter will be resolved fully.”
And perhaps a best glimpse of the events, from an employee at the scene:
An employee who was present during the raid described an orderly but swift effort by federal agents to verify staffers’ identities and job titles and to separate those who are necessary to the day-to-day business operations.

“They came in pretty quick — it wasn’t a calm event,” said the employee, who asked to not be identified. “I was at my desk and I heard some voices say they were there to execute a search and seizure warrant.”
Company personnel were told to turn off their computers, cellphones and other electronic devices immediately as agents sequestered and processed some 200 employees among three office buildings on the corporate campus.

“They didn’t want us to have any access to company information,” the employee said.

The employee initially was corralled into a room with his department co-workers. The staffer and most of the others were told later to leave their company laptops behind and were subsequently allowed to leave the premises.

“Certain people in certain departments were asked to stay,” the employee said. “Mostly people who collect data.”

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And later adding:

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Agents appeared particularly focused on IT, accounting and customer services offices, he added.

“They didn’t seem like they were on a witch hunt,” the staffer said. “They seemed like they knew what they were looking for.”

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quote from KPD Chief David Rausch:

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“All I can say is that the FBI asked us to have some officers assist them with a search warrant,” Police Chief David Rausch said.

Raush said he was not informed in advance where the search was to be and did not know until the officers radioed in from the scene.

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