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The claim against Minneapolis-based RSP Architects comes from a former manager who was recently in the running to be the firm's CEO.

Officials in Kenya have already canceled major contracts with Gautam Adani's companies, with funding for projects in other markets also facing potential impact.

William Helm admitted his role in a scheme to bribe a state senator on behalf of a contractor earlier this year.

Top lobbyist Thomas O'Neill testified that lobbying work, internships and other favors were given in exchange for passing bills that hiked electric rates with only modest investment in the state power grid. 

Alejandro Toledo was found guilty of accepting $35M in bribes from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht for contracts to build the Interoceanic Highway in 2005.

The D.C., district attorney assets the firm illegally allowed contaminated runoff from an equipment storage yard into the Washington, D.C., stormwater system, but Fort Myer Construction plans to contest the charges in court.

'Outrageously successful" scheme netted $14 million, say prosecutors.

Alex Nitchoff, the owner and president of Oakk Construction was sentenced to five years in prison for his part in a kickback scheme August 14.

Oklahoma City grand jury charges Sioux Erosion Control Inc. and two employees in alleged price-fixing conspiracy that targeted more than $100 million in state transportation contracts over nearly six years, with another employee and former state official charged earlier this year and in 2023.

Former Chicago politician Ed Burke's crimes included extorting developers of construction projects, prosecutors said, but sentence was less than guidelines recommended