March 01, 2016
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday slashed 10 months from the 51-month prison term of a businessman who used a minority-owned front company to land $136 million in transportation department highway contracts, basing the change on a recalculation of the financial harm caused by the fraud.
December 01, 2015
A Pennsylvania federal judge said Monday that she would not revise the sentences of two government contractors convicted on fraud charges over a scheme involving the U.S. Department of Transportation, rejecting the contractors' requests that the judge release them because of an appeals court ruling rejecting the calculation of the losses they caused.
November 09, 2015
A businessman who pled guilty to charges he conspired to use a minority-owned front company to score $136 million in highway construction contracts has renewed his call to a Pennsylvania federal judge for an immediate release from prison, saying Friday that his good time credit actually put him over the amount of time he now should have served.
October 21, 2015
A businessman who pled guilty to charges he conspired to use a minority-owned front company to score $136 million in highway construction contracts asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday for immediate release from prison, arguing a Third Circuit decision vacating his four-year sentence means he's already served his time.
July 14, 2014
The former co-owner and COO of Schuylkill Products Inc. who pled guilty to a role in what the U.S. Department of Transportation has called the largest Disadvantaged Business Enterprise fraud in the country's history was sentenced to more than four years of prison on Monday.
June 20, 2014
A businessman convicted of fraudulently winning $136 million in Department of Transportation highway construction contracts urged a Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday not to award restitution to the government for his actions, maintaining the government received the goods and services it paid for.
May 07, 2014
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday declined to lower penalties against a businessman convicted of fraudulently winning $136 million in U.S. Department of Transportation highway construction contracts, saying the government had correctly assessed the losses caused by his role in the scheme.
July 29, 2013
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Friday to overturn the conviction of a businessman who was found guilty of fraudulently winning $136 million in federal highway construction contracts set aside for minorities, saying the government's case was sound.
December 21, 2012
The United States on Friday pushed back against an accusation that it withheld key evidence from a Pennsylvania business owner seeking to overturn his April conviction for defrauding the government in order to land $136 million in contracts, saying there was no Brady violation by prosecutors.
November 09, 2012
Convicted Pennsylvania business owner Joseph Nagle on Thursday asked a federal court for a new trial, saying the government withheld key information and prejudiced the jury, resulting in his conviction for nabbing $136 million in government contracts earmarked for minority-owned businesses.