News Developer sentenced to death in Vietnam’s biggest-ever fraud case A court in Vietnam sentenced property developer Truong My Lan, 67, to death last week after a five-week trial found her guilty of embezzling more than $12.5bn from Vietnam’s largest…
News African bank debars Chinese contractor The African Development Bank (AfDB) has debarred contractor China Henan International Cooperation Group from bidding for projects the bank funds for a year for a fraudulent practice. China Henan failed…
News US contractors face jail after pleading guilty to ‘rent-a-vet’ scheme Two South Carolina men have pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of executing a fraud scheme against the US. They face maximum sentences of 10 years in prison and…
News New York training school charged with issuing 20,000 fake safety certificates Six people have been accused of running a construction safety training school in the US that issued certificates to some 20,000 students who did not undertake the 40 hours of…
News Construction bosses plead guilty in $100m bid rigging case Four executives in Oklahoma have pleaded guilty to rigging bids and fixing prices on more than $100m worth of public transportation infrastructure contracts in the state. Stanley Mark Smith, a…
News Florida woman sentenced to year in prison and $8.9m repayment A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the US and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). She has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison…
News Florida businessman sentenced in $3.5m tax fraud case An Orlando businessman will serve up to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to defraud the US government of $3.5m in tax revenue. Wendel Algarin was found guilty of aiding…
News Consultants charged with bribing officials in San Francisco Three former executives of a San Francisco planning and design firm have been charged with bribing employees of the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI). Prosecutors claim they paid…
News Four face decades in prison over multi-million dollar cancer fraud Four people have been indicted over a $5-10m extension to a cancer centre in Florida, awarded by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A reimbursement of $4.8m is being…
News Six French companies fined for nuclear bid-rigging France’s competition watchdog has fined six companies a total of €31m for collusive tendering connected to work on the Marcoule nuclear site near Avignon. The companies affected, all of which…
News Kentucky construction owner convicted of fraud on $15m contract The founder of a South Carolinian construction company has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering after a six-day trial. Antoine Berenyi, 63, was the founder of Charleston-based contractor…
News Construction firms face “multitude” of fraud charges after massive sting Six construction companies and eight individuals have been charged with fraud and corruption in the New York area following a wide-ranging investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney. The indictment charges…
News “We Build the Wall” co-founder gets four years for fraud A disabled veteran of the US air force has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to misappropriating donations to a private initiative to build…
News Construction boss pleads guilty to $200m fraud carried out over 25 years The owner of a US contractor has pleaded guilty to bribery, conspiracy, and identity theft carried out over a quarter-century while working for the US government. Sina Moayedi, 67, the…
News Father and son contractors jailed for tax fraud A father and son who owned contracting businesses in Jacksonville, Florida have gone to prison for employing undocumented workers and paying them off the books. Raul Solis, 52, was jailed…
Companies Keller sacks two over suspected fraud London-listed geotechnical specialist Keller Group has summarily dismissed two staff after it identified fraud in its Austral Business Unit in Australia. It said an internal review found “an apparently deliberate…