Contech Engineered Solutions LLC, which makes engineered construction products,. will pay a $7-million criminal fine after pleading guilty to a federal bid-rigging charge on contracts for North Carolina Dept. of Transportation projects, the U.S. Dept. of Justice says.
Judge Louise W. Flanagan in U.S. District Court in New Bern, N.C., on June 7 sentenced the West Chester, Ohio, firm also to pay the agency restitution of more than $1.5 million.