SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The co-owner of a Utah trucking company has been sentenced on federal fraud charges tied to a long-running bribery scheme involving FedEx Ground contracts.

On February 3, 2026, Konstantin Mikhaylovich Tomilin was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Utah to three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General.

As part of the sentence, Tomilin was ordered to pay $650,000 in restitution and forfeit cash and assets totaling $3,891,650, along with a $100 assessment.

Tomilin and another defendant, Yevgeny Felix Tuchinsky, were convicted by a federal jury in February 2024 on charges of wire fraud and honest services fraud.

Bribery Scheme Involving FedEx Contracts

According to investigators, Tomilin and Tuchinsky owned and operated a network of trucking companies known as Salt Lake Trucking Group. The companies served as contract service providers hauling packages for FedEx Ground using semi trucks.

FedEx contracts with local trucking companies to move trailers filled with packages between distribution hubs and facilities. These companies provide both the tractor and the driver and are paid based on mileage.

Between approximately 2009 and 2019, authorities said the defendants and their associates paid more than $300,000 in bribes to Ryan Mower, a FedEx Ground linehaul manager.

In exchange, Mower used his position to manipulate the process used to assign new shipping routes and runs, providing Salt Lake Trucking Group with additional business beyond what company policies allowed.

Federal prosecutors said the bribery scheme allowed the trucking companies to obtain unearned FedEx contracts for more than a decade.

“Beginning around 2009 and continuing to 2019, the defendants bribed FedEx employees in exchange for those employees providing more business to SLTG,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah said. “Instead of competing fairly against other contract service providers for FedEx business, SLTG bribed FedEx employees to obtain more miles and more money from FedEx.”

Shell Companies and False Information

Investigators said the defendants also used deceptive practices to conceal their activities from FedEx.

According to evidence presented at trial, the group created shell companies and misrepresented the ownership structure of their trucking operations. These shell companies shared the same owners, trucks, assets, and employees but were presented to FedEx as separate entities.

Prosecutors said the defendants also submitted false information about driver qualifications on FedEx applications and failed to accurately report accidents involving their trucks.

Officials said that if FedEx had known about the bribery scheme, false driver applications, hidden ownership structure, and accident reporting violations, the company would have terminated the trucking contracts.

Millions in Revenue Generated

Authorities said the decade-long conspiracy allowed Salt Lake Trucking Group to generate approximately $150 million in revenue from FedEx Ground.

Officials reported that Tuchinsky personally gained about $7 million from the scheme, while Tomilin personally gained more than $4 million.

“Before they delivered packages, these men and their teammates delivered cash bribes,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Dent said during the trial. “Before their trucks pulled away from the hub to go on a run, they lied and they bribed to even get that run. $108 million by cheating.”

Multi-Agency Investigation

The case was investigated by multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service.

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