Virginia Contractor Pleads Guilty to Kickback Scheme and Subscribing to a False Tax Return

WASHINGTON – Wright Brothers Construction Co., of Charleston, Tenn., and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) have agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty and spend more than $1.3 million to offset environmental damages to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The civil penalty is one of the largest ever under the CWA provisions prohibiting the unauthorized discharge of dredged or .... [More]