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A free market think tank found Kentucky awarded $150 million of single-bid asphalt contracts in the first six months of this ...
In federal court this week, Pontiac-based Asphalt Specialists was ordered to pay $6.5 million for its role in a yearslong, multimillion-dollar bid-rigging scheme involving contracts for both ...
The ex-president of ASI, an asphalt company, was sentenced to 6 months in prison and fined $500K for his involvement in a bid-rigging conspiracy.
The Kentucky Forum for Rights, Economics & Education (KYFREE) released research today revealing the Kentucky Transportation ...
Detroit — Federal prosecutors have secured a fourth conviction in a rare antitrust scandal amid an ongoing investigation of bid-rigging and corruption within Michigan's asphalt paving industry ...
A company has been urged to pay a $6.5M criminal fine to bring to a close a bid-rigging claim in the Michigan asphalt industry. Asphalt Specialists LLC pleaded guilty to conspiring with two other ...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration has rejected bids for more than $500 million in city work sought by a McKinley Park asphalt maker and several rivals, saying that the companies must show ...
Other individuals involved in the Michigan asphalt paving bid-rigging have also pleaded guilty. As a company, Asphalt Specialists Inc. pleaded guilty to two counts and was fined $6.5 million.
Due reported that Al’s Asphalt Paving Company Inc. (Al’s Asphalt), also of Michigan, and its employees participated in similar bid rigging from March 2013 through November 2018.
“This includes cases of both asphalt and concrete, both of which are tested,” he said. MDOT’s hotline or anyone to report fraud or abuse is toll free (866) 460-6368 or (517) 241-2256.
The former president of a Michigan asphalt paving company was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine for his role in a years-long bid-rigging conspiracy.