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  1. April 08, 2013

    Ex-Krahl CFO Gets 3 Years In Kickback, Billing Fraud Case

    The former chief financial officer of defunct general contractor Krahl Construction was sentenced in Illinois federal court on Monday to three years in prison for his role in a kickback and billing fraud scheme that allegedly cost Krahl clients more than $10 million.

  2. February 05, 2013

    Ex-Krahl Exec Gets 5 Years In Kickback, Billing Fraud Case

    An Illinois federal judge sentenced the former president of defunct general contractor Krahl Construction to five years in prison Tuesday for his role in a kickback and billing fraud scheme that allegedly cost Krahl clients Digital Realty Trust Inc. and Berwind Property Group more than $10 million.

  3. October 02, 2012

    Final 2 Ex-Krahl Employees Plead Guilty In Billing Fraud Case

    The former executive vice president and an ex-project manager assistant of now-defunct general contractor Krahl Construction became the final defendants to plead guilty in a billing fraud scheme that allegedly cost two real estate clients nearly $11 million total and also involved kickbacks.

  4. September 10, 2012

    Ex-REIT Employee Admits To Kickbacks In Billing Fraud Case

    A former employee of a real estate investment trust on Monday admitted he accepted kickbacks to help defunct general contractor Krahl Construction score contracts, becoming yet another defendant to plead guilty in the case over an alleged multimillion-dollar billing fraud.

  5. September 06, 2012

    Another Ex-Krahl Construction Manager Cops To Billing Fraud

    A former project manager for defunct general contractor Krahl Construction on Thursday became the latest ex-employee to enter a plea agreement in Illinois federal court, admitting his role in an alleged multimillion-dollar billing inflation scheme.

  6. August 30, 2012

    Ex-Krahl Construction Manager Latest To Cop To Fraud

    Yet another former employee of defunct general contractor Krahl Construction copped to taking part in an alleged multimillion-dollar inflated billing scheme Thursday, when a former project manager pled guilty in Illinois federal court to mail fraud under a deal with prosecutors.

  7. August 21, 2012

    Ex-Construction Co. Prez Pleads Guilty In $10M Fraud Case

    The former president and majority owner of defunct general contractor Krahl Construction pled guilty Tuesday to mail fraud in Illinois federal court in connection with an alleged kickback and billing fraud scheme that prosecutors say cost two Krahl clients $10 million.

  8. March 12, 2012

    Ex-Construction Co. Worker Cops To Role In $10M Fraud

    A former employee of defunct general contractor Krahl Construction copped to one count of mail fraud Monday in Illinois for her role in an alleged sham billing and kickback scheme that the government says cost two Krahl clients roughly $10 million.