#construction fraud

When the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024, it wasn’t just Baltimore that shook. America’s supply chains rattled. Six lives were lost, the Port of Baltimore was crippled, and Maryland’s economy—13% of which flows through that port—was thrown into chaos. Congress rightly stepped in on a bipartisan basis to commit federal dollars for a full rebuild, projected at $1.8 billion and…

Former president of Pontiac asphalt company sentenced in growing antitrust case exposing corruption in Michigan infrastructure contracts. Michigan Bid Rigging Scandal Exposed Corruption in Michigan Infrasstructure Timothy Baugher, former president of Asphalt Specialists LLC (ASI), has been sentenced to six months in prison and fined $20,000 for conspiring to rig bids on asphalt paving contracts…

This month Bernhard Law Firm collected $215K+ for its client in a Miami-Ft. Lauderdale construction fraud lawsuit, after winning through judgment, appeal, and two bankruptcies.

This month Bernhard Law Firm collected $215K+ for its client in a Miami-Ft. Lauderdale construction fraud lawsuit, after winning through judgment, appeal, and two bankruptcies. (Florida Bar disclaimer: results may not be typical. You may not have as beneficial a result, or same or similar results). Bernhard Law Firm is happy for happy clients. If you have any questions about construction fraud,…

Bernhard Law Firm Wins Challenge to $4M Judgment in International Construction Fraud Litigation

This week Bernhard Law Firm won the challenge to the $4M judgment that Bernhard Law Firm had obtained in 2020 in Miami’s Complex Business Litigation Division of Circuit Court. The case arose from a construction fraud in the redevelopment of a Miami Beach midrise condominium building. See case number 2018-28145 CA. If you have any questions about civil litigation and construction fraud in Miami,…

Fraudsters set up 15 construction companies

A web of ‘construction and civil engineering’ companies with reported combined sales of over £50 million and assets of £8.4 million, but run solely as instruments of fraud to obtain credit by filing false accounts and other false information, have been ordered into liquidation on grounds of public interest following an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

Petitions to wind up the companies…

Fraudsters jailed for £2.6m construction fraud

Two men who conned £2.6m from the States of Guernsey have been jailed at the Old Bailey in London.

John Woodhatch, 58, from Epping, Essex, was sentenced to five years in prison and Adrian Taylor, 44, from Swanley, Kent, was handed a six year sentence after both pleading guilty to charges of money laundering.

The scam involved a payment diversion fraud linked to the construction of a new runway…

Bernhard Law Firm has filed three new fraud lawsuits and three new FCCPA violation lawsuits. If you have questions about fraud, banking practices, consumer purchases, unfair and deceptive business practices, or business compliance with Florida and federal law, please contact Andrew Bernhard and Bernhard Law Firm at [email protected], 786-566-1969, www.bernhardlawfirm.com.

THE FRAUD…

$50 million in fines for Lend Lease, which also built Citi Field source

» The construction giant is not contesting allegations that they over-billed the city of New York for work on a variety of projects, both public and private, over the course of a decade or more. Federal prosecutors have confirmed it to be the largest construction fraud settlement in city history. Lend Lease, formerly Bovis Lend Lease prior to a fire during demolition of the Deutsche Bank building, will not be prosecuted as a result of the settlement.