Ameritrans Express LLC, a contract delivery service for the U.S. Postal Service, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid claims by a few of its contractors that they’ve not been paid since March.
Ameritrans Express LLC, headquartered in Dumfries, Virginia, filed its petition within the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday.
The corporate was founded by Frederick Amankwaa in 2013 and is a contract delivery service provider for the Postal Service.
Members of a Facebook group, which was arrange by Ameritrans contractors in March, claim they haven’t been paid since then. One member of the group alleges she hasn’t been in a position to access the cash she contributed to her 401(k) account.
As of publication, Ameritrans’ attorney, Jonathan B. Vivona, had not responded to FreightWaves’ request in search of comment.
In response to Ameritrans’ website, the corporate has mail delivery contractors in greater than 30 states and posted job openings earlier this week.
Mail contractors in several states have filed claims with the U.S. Department of Labor.
“Wage and Hour Division records show an open investigation with the mentioned employer but it surely cannot discuss additional details until the investigation is concluded,” a DOL spokesperson told FreightWaves in an email on Friday.
The filing lists Ameritrans’ assets as between $10 million and $50 million and its liabilities as between $1 million and $10 million. Ameritrans stated that it has as much as 999 creditors and maintained that funds will probably be available for distribution to unsecured creditors once it pays administrative fees.
Ameritrans’ largest secured creditors include 13 factoring firms which are owed nearly $3.2 million.
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