An Oklahoma construction company has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve federal charges that it and some affiliates established front companies that received federal contracts earmarked for disadvantaged small businesses for which the companies weren’t eligible, the Dept. of Justice says.
The settlement, which DOJ announced on June 2, deals with allegations that Tulsa-based Ross Group Construction Corp. violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently inducing the federal government to award set-aside contracts to affiliates that did not meet federal requirements for such contracts, the department said.