March 20, 2012
A group of contractors have agreed to pay $47 million to settle the government's False Claims Act suit in Washington alleging they concocted a bid-rigging and fraud scheme tied to U.S. Agency for International Development projects in Egypt, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.
January 05, 2012
Settlement efforts in the case of construction contractors charged with alleged bid-rigging and fraud in U.S. Agency for International Development projects in Egypt came to a halt Thursday when the government revealed it had discovered 17 boxes of documents that had not been turned over to the defense.
August 29, 2011
A Washington federal judge ruled Monday that the retrial of a construction contractor originally hit with a $90 million judgment for alleged bid-rigging and fraud would proceed on all issues, rejecting the government's calls to leave intact $30 million in damages.
May 12, 2011
A Washington federal judge on Thursday ordered two contractors accused of bid-rigging and overcharging the U.S. government for sewer construction projects in Egypt to pay $6 million in attorneys' fees in addition to a $90 million judgment.