Vincent had a great idea: He will get a job at a trucking company, then he will use the truck and the fuel card to drive loads for his brothers company. This sounds like a great Hollywood script for an action movie, but this actually happened to us.
It started getting suspicious two days after he took the truck, as he refused to pickup any loads (why would you get a job as a driver if you don't want to drive?!). After 2 days of negotiation, he finally accepted a load, but started driving in the opposite direction. It was strange that the fuel charge on his assigned card was way higher than the miles he drove, yet he refueled the second time even though he moved less than 100 mi. This is when we realized that he is stealing fuel. Anyhow, he was finally off to pick up, but driving in the wrong direction when he finally reported that he is at the pickup spot. GPS system picked up a wrong location, we knew that something is up, so we gave the pickup facility a call only to find out that our new hire is about to pickup a load for a different company which after further investigation revealed that it happens to be his brother's. After being told that they're busted, Vincent refused to return truck to the base. We had to threaten that we will inform the police about this incident and illegal actions, which left him without a choice but to bring the truck back. Vincent and his brother are legit scammers running illegal activities that can get you and your company in trouble, be careful crossing paths with them.