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    Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, ANTITRUST NEWS: Former owner of airline fuel supply service companies charged with defrauding charter service, (Jul 22, 2013)

    Organizations Mentioned:Ryan International Airlines

    By Jeffrey May, J.D.

    The Department of Justice announced today that Sean E. Wagner, the former owner and operator of two Florida-based airline fuel supply service companies, has been charged with participating in a scheme to defraud Illinois-based charter airline Ryan In ...

    By Jeffrey May, J.D.

    The Department of Justice announced today that Sean E. Wagner, the former owner and operator of two Florida-based airline fuel supply service companies, has been charged with participating in a scheme to defraud Illinois-based charter airline Ryan International Airlines. Following a hearing today in the federal district court in West Palm Beach, Florida, Wagner was arrested and held as a flight risk.

    According to a one-count criminal complaint, Wagner participated in a conspiracy to defraud Ryan by making kickback payments to Wayne Kepple, the former vice president of ground operations for Ryan. Kepple was in charge of contracting with providers of goods and services on behalf of the company.

    Between December 2005 and August 2009, Wagner, his companies, and others allegedly made kickback payments totaling more than $200,000, in the form of checks, wire transfers, gift cards, and cash, to Kepple while he worked at Ryan, according to the government. Kepple pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest services fraud, as well as three counts of wire fraud, in November 2011. He is awaiting sentencing.

    Three other individuals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to related charges.

    Robert A. Riddell, the former owner and operator of an airline security and ground services company, pleaded guilty in September 2011. He was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison and to pay $131,540 in restitution.

    James E. Murphy, the former owner and operator of a Florida aviation fuel supply company, and David A. Chaisson, the former owner and operator of an Indiana flight management services company, pleaded guilty in August 2011 to participating in separate schemes to defraud Ryan. In October 2011, Murphy was sentenced to serve 23 months in prison and to pay $42,500 in restitution, and Chaisson was sentenced to serve 16 months in prison and to pay $50,742.48 in restitution.

    Companies: Ryan International Airlines

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