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December 17, 2014

Md. contractor admits fraud, pays $2M

  • Forrester Construction acknowledged that it entered into fraudulent partnerships with local firms to win three high-profile D.C. government contracts.
    • By BEN NUCKOLS
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — A Maryland construction company has admitted to orchestrating phony partnerships to get millions in District of Columbia government contracts and agreed to pay a $2 million fine, ending a two-year fraud investigation.

    The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District announced the agreement with Forrester Construction Corp. of Rockville, Maryland, on Monday. The company had been under investigation for fraud in the procurement of $145 million in government contracts. The Associated Press was first to report the existence of the investigation.


     
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