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HOURS OF SERVICE / FATIGUE

Ex-owners, ex-driver fined in logbook falsification case

By eTrucker Staff

The former owners and a former driver for a Wilber, Neb., trucking company have been fined a total of $50,000 in a logbook falsification case.

The penalties came after a joint investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

On Dec. 27, Rose and Robert Vyhnalek, former co-owners of R.J. Vyhnalek Trucking, were fined $12,500 each and ordered to jointly pay $20,000 in restitution by a U.S. District Court judge in Omaha, Neb., for conspiracy to violate FMCSA regulations governing maximum daily driving hours and for falsifying driver logbooks, respectively.

Rose Vyhnalek pleaded guilty in October to the felony conspiracy charge, admitting to directing drivers to violate hours-of-service regulations. Robert Vyhnalek pleaded guilty in October to misdemeanor charges. Richard Crawford, a driver/mechanic for the company, also pleaded guilty in October and was fined $5,000 for falsifying driver logbooks.

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