Chicago City Councilman Accused of Shakedown in Burger King Remodel Jeff Yoders January 9, 2019 No Comments Federal prosecutors on Jan. 3 charged the chairman of Chicago’s powerful finance committee with one count of extortion.Read More
Buffalo Billion Profit Clawbacks Could Total $40 Million Mary B. Powers December 19, 2018 No Comments Prosecutors target gains by sentenced upstate N.Y. bid-rig defendantsRead More
Project Undeliverable A Dissenter's Tale of South Carolina's Nuclear Project Fiasco Former Vice President Testifies That Utility Forced Her Out Over Project Cost Estimates Richard Korman December 19, 2018 No Comments Former vice president testifies that utility executives deceived public about cost to finish abandoned South Carolina projectRead More
Montreal Hospital Exec Gets Prison in Project Bribe Scheme December 19, 2018 No Comments But court won't rule on access to funds in defendant's Swiss bank account Read More
City of Denver Alleges Collusion on Convention Center Expansion Project Mark Shaw December 19, 2018 No Comments The city is requesting a review of Mortenson’s prequalification status for bidding on projects.Read More
Construction Ethics Denver Alleges Bid Rigging on Convention Center Expansion Project Mark Shaw December 12, 2018 The City of Denver shuts down selection process on a big expansion project to investigate possible bid rigging before finalists were interviewed.Read More
NY 'Buffalo Billion' Bribe Execs Sentenced to Jail, Hefty Fines Mary B. Powers December 12, 2018 No Comments Sentences for four contractor, developer and owner executives follow contentious trials since February in upstate pay to play scheme.Read More
Power Plant Project Failure South Carolina Reaches $2-Billion Settlement Over Unfinished Nuclear Plant Scott Judy November 27, 2018 No Comments South Carolina's hearings into the failed V.C. Summer nuclear project included dramatic testimony from a former SCANA vice president.Read More
Indicted Regional EPA Administrator Resigns Post Mary B. Powers November 13, 2018 No Comments Trey Glenn is linked to payoffs to keep an Alabama toxic site off an elevated Superfund cleanup list.Read More
SNC-Lavalin Plots Course As Preliminary Bribe Hearing Starts Scott Van Voorhis Debra K. Rubin October 29, 2018 No Comments With no agreement to settle charges against firm related to actions by now-departed executives, the firm seeks public support in an open letter from its CEO.Read More