Unlicensed contractor charged with forging permit for Suffolk County pool project
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — A Huntington man has been charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument after allegedly submitting a fake building permit during a residential construction project in 2021, Suffolk…
Williamsport Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Scamming Customers
WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Michael Bloom, a Williamsport-based contractor, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half to seven years in a State Correctional Institute for failing to fulfill elevator installation contracts. The 44-year-old man pleaded…
‘We’re Road Kill’: Independent Contractor Advocates Sound Alarm Over Biden Labor Nominee’s ‘Anti-Business’ Record
‘We’re Road Kill’: Independent Contractor Advocates Sound Alarm Over Biden Labor Nominee’s ‘Anti-Business’ Record Mary Lou Masters on April 19, 2023 Two groups that advocate for independent contractors and small businesses are…
Owners of Brooklyn business busted for selling forged NYC contractor ID cards
BROOKLYN, NY – Latecia Moore, a 42-year-old woman from Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and the owners of two Brooklyn companies, Alex Kaushanskiy of Sheepshead Bay and Benedetto Bonello of Bensonhurst, have been arraigned…
Pennsylvania home improvement contractor target of Attorney General lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that her office has filed a lawsuit against Max Contractors Inc. and its alleged owner, Murillo Sousa, for defrauding customers by failing to fulfill…
General Contractor And Real Estate Developer Plead Guilty In Connection With Worker Death On Construction Site In Poughkeepsie
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ONEKEY, LLC, a New Jersey construction company, and its principal, FINBAR O’NEILL, pled guilty to willfully…
Long Island Contractor Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud in Connection with Hurricane Sandy
Alexander Almaraz, the owner of Design Concepts Group LLC (DCG) in Freeport, New York, has been charged in a 20-count indictment with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and attempted wire fraud in…
Former Government Contractor Sentenced For Helping Himself To Electronic Devices That He Sold On eBay
WASHINGTON – Dennis Gamarra, 53, of Woodbridge, VA, was sentenced today to one year of probation, to include six months of home confinement, for stealing government property from the Department of…
United States Resolves Civil Claims Against Woonsocket Defense Contractor for Foreign Goods
PROVIDENCE – The United States Attorney’s Office has resolved a civil False Claims Act investigation into Hyman Brickle & Son, Inc., a Woonsocket-based Rhode Island textile manufacturing company that supplies products to…
Yuma Contractor Convicted of Insurance Fraud
PHOENIX, Ariz. – On Tuesday, Isrrael Millan, III, 40, of Yuma, Arizona, was found guilty by a federal jury on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, eight counts of Wire Fraud,…
Former Federal Contractor Sentenced to 42 Months and $172,500 fine for Bribery Involving Millions in U.S. DOD Contracts
FAIRBANKS – A former government contractor and owner of Best Choice Construction LLC (Best Choice) was sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release and a criminal…
Government Contractor Agrees to Pay over $500,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Obsidian Solutions Group, LLC (Obsidian), located in Fredericksburg, has agreed to pay $510,991.08 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing the Defense Intelligence Agency…
Harrison County contractor sentenced to decade in prison for fraud
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Bradley Glaspell, of Salem, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for defrauding over 70 customers out of more than a half a million dollars…
American Contractor Pleads Guilty in Death of U.S. Military Doctor
A former American military contractor pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter for fatally striking an active duty U.S. Air Force medical doctor with a forklift as she was walking on Al Dhafra…
Bethel Landscape Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TIMOTHY P. DRAPER, 55, of Bethel, was sentenced today by U.S. Circuit Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in Bridgeport…
Government Prime Contractor Ordered to Pay $1.1 Million for Subcontractors’ Kickback Scheme on Wounded Warrior Program
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – On October 24, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held Management Consulting, Inc. (Mancon), located in Virginia Beach, strictly liable under the Anti-Kickback Act and…
Local contractor pleads guilty to bribery in bid rigging scheme
HOUSTON – A 64-year-old Houston man has admitted to conspiring to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Abraham Joseph pleaded guilty to engaging in the fraud scheme for 12…
Mastic Fence Contractor Charged for Scamming Customers Out of $20,000
MASTIC, NY – A Mastic business owner has been charged after taking over $20,000 from customers for fence work and never providing his services or material. Steven Vitagliano, owner of Line Up…
Former Senior Executive of Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Evasion Charge
WASHINGTON – A former senior executive for a defense contractor pleaded guilty in the District of Columbua today to tax evasion. …
Former President of the Madison District Public Schools Board of Education and a Local Contractor Charged in $560,000 Bribery Scheme
DETROIT – Albert Morrison, the former President of the Madison District Public Schools Board of Education and local school district contractor, John David, have been charged in a superseding indictment with conspiracy…
GIX Selects Hylan as Contractor for Fiber Optic Build via the Port Authority Trans Hudson Tunnel
High Count Fiber Network is First Ever Lower Hudson River Crossing Build Through PATH Transit Tunnels HOLMDEL, N.J., July 12, 2022 — Hylan, a market leading provider of specialized communications engineering, construction, and…