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Cuomo's Redevelopment Program

Bid-Rig Guilty Verdict: How Ciminelli Won New York Buffalo Billion Project

The charges that sunk a 50-year-old general contractor

Richard Korman

Debra K. Rubin

July 25, 2018

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New York bid-rigging trial outcome exposed a big ethics loophole in state’s use of nonprofit entity to award contracts

Executives Are Convicted in Alabama Superfund Site Bribe Scheme

Mary B. Powers

July 25, 2018

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Federal jury finds that state legislator was paid to oppose expanding Birmingham steelmaking site cleanup in size and scope; EPA area chief recused from case, with personal conflict of interest.

Buffalo Billions

Jury Convicts Ciminelli, State Official in Bid-Rig Case

July 12, 2018

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Sentencing for ex-LPCiminelli CEO found guilty of fraud is Oct. 17.

NY Pay-to-Play Charges Dropped Against LPCiminelli Executive As Another Pleads Guilty

Former college president also faces trial over alleged solar plant bid-rigging

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

June 4, 2018

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Days before trial start, contractor's former SVP agreed to provide 1,500 undisclosed emails in a plea deal while its ex-president is cleared on all counts in 2016 indictment.

New Parliament Report Slams Collapsed Carillion Bosses, Auditors and Regulators

Scott Van Voorhis

May 23, 2018

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Analysis details corporate "greed and hubris," with calls to break up big accounting firms KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young.

In Hot Water: New York Engineering Executives Charged in Pay-to-Play Scheme

The DA's office is also suing defendants for $177.6 million, alleging corruption related to waterworks construction contracts

Eydie Cubarrubia

April 25, 2018

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Executives from HAKS, SIMCO, Haider and others, along with an ex-NYC DEP manager, are charged with bribery and corruption related to water system construction contracts.

NY Contractors' Pay to Play Trial is Set for June

Mary B. Powers

April 18, 2018

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LPCiminelli CEO and others face bribery, fraud charges in case with links to Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Government

Canada Moves To Enact 'Deferred Prosecution' Legal Remedy

Scott Van Voorhis

April 9, 2018

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First-time acceptance of the approach, used in the U.S. and U.K., would allow contractor SNC-Lavalin and other firms to settle criminal charges.

Massachusetts Probes Wynn Casino Permit After CEO Sex Assault Allegations

Justin Rice

February 14, 2018

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Construction on the $2.4-billion Wynn Boston Harbor continues despite the resignation of Wynn Resorts CEO Stephen A. Wynn, after The Wall Street Journal reported multiple sexual harassment and assault accusations against him.