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He is the co-founder of Selco Construction Services, as well as SPIG Industry LLC, a private Virginia-based company that installs guardrails. [1] Harman is the whistleblower in the lawsuit against Trinity Industries Inc. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He sued Trinity on behalf of the government under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act in 2012. [ 4 ]
McDonnell v. United States, 579 U.S. 550 (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the appeal of former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell's conviction for honest services fraud and Hobbs Act extortion.
State Senator Paul Fischer (R), pled guilty to misuse of state funds and taking illegal campaign contributions from an oil-field construction company. (1989) [3] [4] State Senator George Hohman (D) State Senator, bribed to obtain a water-bomber aircraft for the state. Sentenced to 3 years and fined $30,000. (1982) [5] [6]
A New Hampshire man was sentenced to three months in prison for his involvement in a construction project fraud scheme, according to federal authorities. William Sacco, 49, also was sentenced by U ...
In a 3-0 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, cleared the way for the nation's largest pharmacy chain to face claims it violated the federal False Claims Act and ...
While several early cases employed the "intangible right to honest government," United States v. States (8th Cir. 1973) [9] was the first case to rely on honest services fraud as the sole basis for a conviction. [10] The prosecution of state and local political corruption became a "major federal law enforcement priority" in the 1970s. [11 ...
Zehmer, 196 Va. 493; 84 S.E.2d 516 (1954) was a court case in the Supreme Court of Virginia about the enforceability of a contract based on outward appearance of the agreement. It is commonly taught in first-year contract law classes at American law schools .
The school district’s audit is “filled with false information, lack of thoroughness, mathematical errors, and even some apparently spoon-fed irrelevant speculation,” the firm’s attorney ...