Two former owners of a now-closed Missouri construction company have pleaded guilty to charges related to a “front” organization they allegedly set up to win $13.8 million in federal veterans’ set-aside construction contracts that their firm wasn’t eligible to receive, the Dept. of Justice says.
Jeffrey K. Wilson pleaded guilty on Jan. 31 in federal district court in Kansas City, Mo., to one count of government-program fraud. Paul R. Salavitch entered a guilty plea on Jan. 30 to a misdemeanor charge of making a “false writing,” DOJ said.