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Home » Judge Orders IBCS and Scarborough to Return Surety Premium
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Judge Orders IBCS and Scarborough to Return Surety Premium

June 2, 2014
Erin Richey
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Citing Virginia's false advertising law, a federal judge has ordered IBCS, the big individual surety operated by Edmund G. Scarborough, to return a $138,000 bond premium to a contractor.

The judge last month granted the motion for summary judgment against Charlottesville-based IBCS, Scarborough and former IBCS employee Steven Golia.

Plaintiff American Demolition and Nuclear Decommissioning filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Charlottesville in December 2011. ADND stated that it was led to believe by IBCS marketing materials and assurances from Scarborough and Golia that the bonds provided by IBCS would be good enough to be accepted under Federal Acquisition Regulations and that if they were rejected, IBCS would issue a refund for the bond premiums.

ADND sought the bonds for a $3.9-million tower implosion and debris removal contract in December 2009 after submitting the winning bid to project owner Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC. The work was to be performed at the Savannah River nuclear cleanup site in South Carolina.

After paying the premium to IBCS and receiving payment and performance bonds, ADND alleges, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions rejected the bonds because it said they failed to comply with federal regulations.

ADND claims that IBCS subsequently submitted alternate bonds from Linda Garrahan as individual surety through First Fidelity Lending Corp. and that her bonds were purportedly backed by real estate in Lincoln County, Nev., valued at $1.6 billion. According to ADND's complaint, the new bonds were also rejected by the project contracting officer “because Linda Garrahan did not hold proper title to the real estate for bond backing.”

In a February 2014 affidavit, Scarborough claims that the replacement bonds were acquired through Garrahan's Quantum Partners Inc., and that ADND's premium funds were paid to Quantum for the new bonds.

Since then, the complaint claims, Scarborough and Golia eventually informed ADND, which is based in Grand Island, N.Y., that IBCS could not supply a bond that would meet the project owner's standards. ADND found an alternate source for bonds.

Rather than issue a refund as requested by the plaintiff, the defendants allegedly applied a credit to ADND's account for future bond payments.

Neither Scarborough nor Golia could be reached for comment.

In a separate lawsuit filed in April by Golia against Scarborough, Golia alleges that, throughout his employment, his subsequent independent contract, and after his termination in December 2013, Scarborough failed to pay him a contractually obligated bonus and commissions adding up to $130,000.



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