On October 1, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Alexsander Vasiliyevich Barsukov pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and was sentenced to 3 years of probation, including 6 months of home detention, $1,378,702 in restitution, $6,754,845 in forfeiture, and a $100 special assessment.
Barsukov, along with others, owned Salt Lake Trucking Group (SLTG), which is comprised of several trucking companies that contract to carry packages for FedEx Ground (FXG).
According to a statement from the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General, the investigation revealed that SLTG paid bribes to FXG employees who manipulated FXG's process governing the awarding of new runs. An employee also helped the co-conspirators grow their business larger than FXG allowed by submitting false information to FXG. During the approximate 10-year conspiracy, SLTG received about $108 million in FXG revenue.
DOT-OIG conducted this investigation with the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service.
The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah.
