Ububiko bwa Scooter

Ububiko bwa Scooter (Mu icyongereza: The Scooter Store) Ltd yari ifite abikorera ku giti cyabo batanga ibicuruzwa bigenda byingufu, harimo intebe z'amashanyarazi (cyangwa intebe y’abafite ubumuga ifite moteri) hamwe n’ibimoteri bigenda hamwe n’ibicuruzwa bifitanye isano n’ibindi bikoresho, bishingiye i New Braunfels, muri Texas. Isosiyete yakoreye intara 48 zo muri Amerika n'akarere ka Porto Rico.

Nyuma y’igitero cyagabwe na FBI muri Gashyantare 2013, [1] [2] Ububiko bwa Scooter bwatanze ikirego mu gice cya 11 gihomba kandi gihagarika kugurisha amafaranga yose ku baturage.

Guhera ku ya 26 Ukwakira, Ububiko bwa Scooter bwatakaje amasezerano y’ubumwe na Medicare bukuraho ubushobozi bwo kugurisha umutungo mu gice cya 11 gihomba. Isosiyete yinjiye mu iseswa kandi ihagarika abakozi bayo ku ya 13 Nzeri 2013. [3]

Muri Gicurasi 2016, Ishami ry’Ubutabera ryatangaje ko nta byaha aregwa abahoze ari abayobozi b’Ububiko bwa Scooter. [4] [5]

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Doug na Susanna Harrison bashinze Ububiko bwa Scooter mu 1991 i New Braunfels, muri Texas. Mu 2003, Ububiko bwa Scooter bwatanze ikirego cya federasiyo ishinzwe ishami ry’ubuzima n’ibikorwa bya muntu (HHS) kubera guhakana nabi Medicare. Ikigo gishinzwe ubuvuzi n’ubuvuzi (CMS) cyavuze ko "Icyemezo cy’ubuvuzi gikenewe" batagaragaje ko bakeneye ubuvuzi. Reta ya reta yarwanije isosiyete. Ububiko bwa Scooter bwemeye gukemura amakimbirane yari afitanye na guverinoma mu 2007, bumaze kugarura ibyinshi mu birego bivugwa.

Mu 2007, isosiyete yashinze ishami ryayo rya Alliance Seating & Mobility Division.

Kugeza mu 2009, Ububiko bwa Scooter bwari bufite ahantu 129 muri Amerika, bukoresha abantu 2,368, kandi bukorera abakiriya barenga 400.000. [6]

Muri Nzeri 2010, isosiyete yatangaje ko hashyizweho ishami rishya ryibanda ku bikoresho byo mu rugo, ibikoresho, na serivisi zijyanye nabyo kugira ngo byuzuze ubucuruzi bw’imikorere gakondo. [7] Igice cyo kwita ku rugo gitanga intebe z’ibimuga, abagenda, guterura abarwayi, nebulizeri, ibitanda byibitaro, ubufasha bwibikoresho hamwe nibikoresho bya ogisijeni ku masoko yatoranijwe.

Muri Gashyantare 2011, Ububiko bwa Scooter bwatangaje ubufatanye bushya n’ishami rya Sun Capital Partners [8] mu gutera inkunga kugira ngo isosiyete ikure neza ndetse n’ibishobora kugenerwa kugira ngo Abanyamerika bakuze.

Ku ya 22 Werurwe 2012, Doug Harrison yeguye ku mirimo ye nk'umuyobozi mukuru wa Ububiko bwa Scooter. Harrison ninama yubuyobozi bemeje ko aricyo gihe cyiza kubuyobozi bushya. Jay Randal Bishop yatangiye kuba umuyobozi mukuru w'agateganyo kugeza igihe inama y'ubutegetsi yaboneye uzamusimbura. Harrison yakomeje kuba umwe mu bagize inama y'ubuyobozi kandi yari umwe mu bafite imigabane minini y'isosiyete. [9]

Ku ya 20 Gashyantare 2013, abakozi ba federasiyo bafite impapuro zo gushakisha bagabye igitero ku cyicaro gikuru cya Scooter Ububiko bwa New Braunfels. Nk’uko amakuru atandukanye abitangaza, [10] abakozi ba FBI bari bahari kugira ngo bakore iperereza ku bikorwa byo kwishyuza sosiyete. Abavugizi b'ikigo banze kugira icyo batangaza ku banyamakuru.

Ku ya 8 Werurwe 2013, Ububiko bwa Scooter bwashyize abakozi bose kuri "furlough itishyuwe" usibye bimwe. Ibi byakozwe na imeri rusange yatanzwe numuyobozi mukuru. [11]

Ku ya 19 Werurwe 2013, abakozi 1.500 bakiriye imeri y’umuyobozi mukuru Marty Landon itangaza ko "furlough itarahembwa" izarangira ku ya 31 Werurwe 2013, nyuma baza kwirukanwa ku mugaragaro. Abakozi 300 basabwe kugaruka mugihe kitazwi. [12]

Ku ya 16 Mata 2013, Ububiko bwa Scooter bwatanze igice cya 11 gihomba. [13]

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  5. http://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/article_dc89df2c-197d-11e6-8dbe-235b18af8095.html
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  7. The Scooter Store Creates Home Care Equipment Division.
  8. The Scooter Store Secures Financing From a Sun Capital Partners Affiliate.
  9. "Scooter Store CEO resigns".
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  11. "Troubled Scooter Store lays off staff after federal raid". 9 March 2013.
  12. "Email to the Scooter Store employees | News - Home". Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  13. The Scooter Store files for bankruptcy star-telegram.com April 15, 2013 Inyandikorugero:Dead link