A FedEx ground hub manager in Utah allegedly took more than $1 million in bribes as part of a complex “pay-to-play” scheme where, in return, he gave special preference to trucking companies for lucrative contracts and driving routes — some of which didn’t actually exist on a map.
Ryan Lee Mower, 47, of Bountiful, was named in five federal indictments Monday and faces 51 counts, overall, for exploiting his position for financial gain. Nine other individuals, all of whom own trucking businesses, are also named in the charges for benefiting from the conspiracy to defraud FedEx.
It’s one of the longest and most widespread financial cases to ever be prosecuted in the state.