August 23, 2016

Walter Crummy, a former officer and owner of MCC Construction Company, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and agreed to pay forfeiture of $105,618.  According to court documents, MCC and others conspired with two companies that were eligible to receive federal government contracts set asides for small, disadvantaged businesses with the understanding that MCC would illegally perform all of the work.  In so doing, MCC was able to win 27 government contracts worth over $70 million from 2008 to 2011.  MCC previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit fraud by illegally obtaining government contracts that were intended for small, disadvantaged businesses and agreed to pay roughly $1.8 million in criminal penalties and forfeiture.  DOJ

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