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Construction Processes, Legal

Three Contractors Charged with Homicide in 2019 Fatal Bronx Construction Site Collapse

April 19, 2023

Via: ENR

Three contractors have been indicted in a 2019 collapse at a Bronx, N.Y., construction site where a worker was crushed to death by 1,000 pounds of debris. A fourth man is charged with fraud for disregarding safety codes. The Bronx […]


Construction Processes, Legal

Former construction exec sentenced to 27 months, $18.7M in restitution for fraud

March 2, 2021

Via: Construction Dive

Patrick Lindsey, former executive with the now defunct MGT Construction in Richmond, Virginia, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a five-year accounting fraud that, when discovered in 2016, revealed the contractor was not profitable […]


Construction Processes, Legal

Manhattan DA busts labor broker for workers’ comp fraud

September 10, 2019

Via: Construction Dive

Labor brokers, whose job it is to provide workers, rather than bidding on whole projects, have earned a sketchy reputation in some quarters because some don’t pay their employees a decent wage, deny them benefits like health insurance and don’t […]


Construction Processes, Legal

Man behind shell companies sentenced in $3M fraud scheme

May 30, 2019

Via: Construction Dive

This type of fraud is not easy to uncover, particularly when the offenders have the help of someone in a position of authority at the targeted company who can help them navigate invoicing and other processes. Late last year, the […]