Pilot Flying J President Jimmy Haslam emerged the evening of Dec. 13 from a daylong deposition in a civil lawsuit over the firm's alleged diesel fuel rebate scam with another denial of any role or knowledge of the fraud to which several subordinates have confessed or are facing indictment.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood was arraigned Feb. 9 on charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud as well as witness tampering in a nearly three-year investigation.