A Tennessee road and bridge builder has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit that accused the firm of fraud by putting its own employees on the payroll of a disadvantaged business enterprise it used to get contracts for 12 projects in Tennessee.
Mountain States Contractors LLC, an affiliate of Jones Brothers Inc., Mt. Juliet, Tenn., also will be in a monitoring agreement with the Federal Highway Administration, says a May 16 announcement by the acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.