June 7, 2021

An engineering firm in North Carolina, Contech Engineered Solutions LLC (Contech), has been ordered to pay $7 million in criminal fines and over $1.5 million in restitution to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).  Contech admitted that it conspired to rig bids and defraud the NCDOT, fraudulently obtaining contracts over a ten-year period.  DOJ charged a former Contech executive, Brent Brewbaker, as a co-defendant.  Brewbaker remains under indictment.  DOJ

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