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Swindled

38. The Family Business (Doug Pielsticker)

Swindled

A Concerned Citizen

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 β€’ 9.7K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 13 October 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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A successful trucking company is destroyed after it is inherited by the boss' greedy son. Prelude: Hundreds of Falcon Transport employees are blindsided by the company's sudden closure. –––-–---------------------------------------- PATREON: Patreon.com/Swindled DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop –––-–---------------------------------------- MUSIC: Deformr.com –––-–---------------------------------------- FOLLOW: SwindledPodcast.com Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Falcon Transport was initiated in 1903.

0:03.2

It started with two horses in a buggy and now we're about a thousand trucks.

0:06.9

Trucking company at Workport Preview is treating me like a piece of equipment

0:11.2

coming over to Falcon Transport. They care about their employees.

0:14.4

You're not just a number. They do take very good care of you.

0:18.0

My future at Falcon looks like me being a hundred years old and still driving down the road

0:22.9

in a Falcon Transport truck.

0:25.8

Nicole Rupert was enjoying a nice relaxing night at home on Saturday, April 27th, 2019,

0:34.1

when she received an unexpected email from her employer, Falcon Transport.

0:38.8

The email read, quote,

0:40.4

We regret to inform you that Falcon Transport Company is not able to continue operations

0:45.3

and will be shutting down effective today.

0:48.0

Please stop any work you're doing for the company immediately.

0:51.2

You're not expected to return to work.

0:53.6

Please be on the lookout for further information. We will be sending regarding this situation.

0:59.7

Just like that, without warning, the 116-year-old youngstown Ohio-based trucking company

1:06.6

that employed more than 550 people was out of business.

1:11.2

And Nicole, who had been working as a dispatcher for Falcon for over four years,

1:16.0

found herself without a way to provide for her family, literally overnight.

1:20.3

My fiance worked there as well, so we're both out of work. My best friend worked there.

1:24.3

My future mother-in-law worked there, so we're all kind of just in the same boat.

1:29.2

The same boat floating up shit creek without a paddle.

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