FraudBlawg reported in September that three subcontractors had been indicted for kickback and fraud conspiracies at federal Superfund sites in New Jersey. According to the DoJ, James E. Haas Jr., a former representative of a subcontractor that provides common backfill, a type of soil material used to refill an excavation, pleaded guilty to charges that […]
Various charges ranging from fraud, kickbacks, conspiracy, international money-laundering, and tax violations to bid-rigging and obstruction of justice at two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-designated Superfund sites, Federal Creosote and Diamond Alkali, were unsealed friday. The 12-count indictment, originally filed under seal in late August, charges Gordon D. McDonald — a former project manager for […]
Three ready-mix concrete companies in Iowa entered into illegal price-fixing agreements, says an executive with one of the companies. Steven Keith VandeBrake will plead guilty to the three conspiracies in which he and others submitted “rigged bids at collusive and noncompetitive prices,” according to DoJ. Ready-mix concrete is used for a variety of building projects, […]
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