An owner of the trucking company that employed a driver involved in a 2019 New Hampshire crash that took the lives of seven motorcyclists has pleaded guilty to federal charges.

Dunyadar “Demien” Gasanov, 39, of West Springfield, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Springfield to three counts of making false statements to federal investigators. Each charge carries a possible sentence of five years in prison. Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for Nov. 21.

Volodymyr Zhukovskyy appears in court in Springfield, Massachusetts on June 24, 2019. (Staff Photo By Christopher Evans/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

His co-defendant, Dartanayan Gasanov, pleaded not guilty to related charges upon initial arraignment and is awaiting trial.

The Gasanovs owned Westfield Transport, Inc., which employed the trucker Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 28, who on June 21, 2019, was involved in a crash in Randolph, N.H. in which seven members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club were killed. Members of the Jarheads are U.S. Marine Corps veterans and their spouses.

Westfield Transport voluntarily dissolved on July 3, 2019, just less than two weeks following the crash, according to Massachusetts corporation records.

A subsequent investigation showed that Zhukovskyy was previously convicted of drug possession, driving with a suspended license, furnishing false information and larceny. He also admitted to taking drugs the day of the crash.

A jury acquitted Zhukovskyy of responsibility following a 12-day trial. Zhukovskyy was found not guilty on all negligent homicide, manslaughter and reckless conduct charges. A judge in July ordered in July that Zhukovskyy’s license remain suspended for the full seven years allowed by law, which means he will be unable to drive through June 24, 2026.

This is a developing story.