TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The former CEO of Arrow Trucking Co. is asking a federal judge in Tulsa for leniency when he's sentenced for conspiracy and tax evasion.
James Douglas "Doug" Pielsticker had been accused of taking part in a $25 million conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and a Utah bank. He pleaded guilty in February to one count each of conspiracy and tax evasion and now faces up to 10 years in prison.
Pielsticker's attorney asked the sentencing judge in court papers filed last week to consider giving him probation rather than a prison term.
U.S. Chief District Judge Gregory Frizzell is scheduled to sentence Pielsticker next Thursday.