March 19, 2014
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Tuesday gave final approval to a settlement allowing the trustee overseeing Birdsall Services Group's bankruptcy to collect nearly $4 million from executives charged with evading the state's pay-to-play law by using employees to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations.
August 30, 2013
A New Jersey judge on Friday ordered bankrupt engineering firm Birdsall Services Group to pay $1 million in criminal penalties for evading the state's pay-to-play law by using employees to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations.
August 13, 2013
Birdsall Services Group Inc.'s bankruptcy trustee wants the company's former executives to pay for "substantial damage" the firm incurred after sliding into bankruptcy thanks to a pay-to-play scheme, telling a New Jersey court Monday that top brass purposefully ignored the illegal activity.
July 11, 2013
Bankrupt engineering firm Birdsall Services Group Inc., which recently pled guilty to criminal charges that it masked corporate campaign contributions to be eligible for government contracts, asked the New Jersey bankruptcy court Wednesday to convert from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7.
June 04, 2013
A committee of unsecured creditors on Monday signed off on an expedited auction of bankrupt engineering firm Birdsall Services Group Inc.'s assets in New Jersey bankruptcy court, saying it was the best possible option available in the wake of a damaging $3.6 million pay-to-play settlement.
May 06, 2013
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge ordered a hearing Monday to determine whether bankrupt engineering firm Birdsall Services Group Inc. should be sold, after its bankruptcy trustee on Friday said Birdsall's recent $3.6 million pay-to-play settlement and other events have been catastrophic for the company.
April 15, 2013
Birdsall Services Group Inc., the engineering firm recently indicted for an alleged pay-to-play scheme, agreed to a $3.6 million settlement Monday that ends New Jersey's opposition to the company's bankruptcy and resolves the state's lawsuit aiming to seize Birdsall's assets.
April 08, 2013
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Monday ordered an independent trustee to take the reins from management at Birdsall Services Group Inc., the engineering firm that sought court protection after being indicted in a pay-to-play scandal two weeks ago.