The U.S. Attorney for Vermont has reached a $270,000 settlement with general contractor J.A. McDonald over allegations the firm intentionally altered critical components for a 2014 bridge project in Bristol, Vt.
Last month, a federal jury in North Carolina convicted a longtime individual-surety con artist, Dennis Lyon, who received a long prison term for fraud.
Odebrecht executives began the task of rebuilding the scandal-ridden Brazilian company’s reputation at its business and engineering conference in New Orleans last month.
The CEO of Swiss-French cement maker LafargeHolcim on April 24 announced his resignation following release of an internal review that found Lafarge employees made payments to rebel groups in Syria from 2013 to 2014.