(2016) "Oakland Port Trucking Boss Embroiled in Controversy"
Illegal soil dumping, junk on Caltrans property, expensive labor and investor fraud lawsuits, and a recent eviction from Port property are just some of Bill Aboudi's problems…His various companies also are mired in expensive lawsuits, brought by former employees and investors, who allege that the trucking magnate took advantage of them and stole hundreds of thousands in wages and retirement funds, according to court records.
The controversies call into question Aboudi's business dealings with the City of Oakland. OMSS LLC, one of his companies, has a contract with the city to develop a truck-service center on land at the old Army Base. In 2013, the city and OMSS signed a 55-year lease, allowing Aboudi's company to build the truck-service center on seventeen acres just north of where a massive logistics complex is being built by another developer. The OMSS project was estimated to cost $25 million, and would include acres of truck parking, a convenience store and restaurant, truck scales, and a fueling station…
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