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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal

Mega-Scandal: Big Dig
Description: This list shows cases in which contractors paid penalties of $25 million or more to resolve allegations of misconduct relating to their work on the Central Artery Tunnel, known as the Big Dig, in Boston.
Penalty Total since 2000: $1,380,600,000
Number of Penalty Records: 7
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Bechtel$815,100,0002
American International Group$58,500,0001
Holcim Group$50,000,0002
WSP Global$50,000,0001

Individual Penalty Records:

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CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent IndustryPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
Bechtel Infrastructure Corp. and PB Americas IncBechtelconstruction and engineeringFalse Claims Act and related2008DOJ_CIVIL$458,000,000
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp. and PB Americas Inc. fraud2008USAO$407,000,000
Bechtel Infrastructure Corp.Bechtelconstruction and engineeringFalse Claims Act and related2008MA-AG$357,100,000
American International GroupAmerican International Groupfinancial servicesFalse Claims Act and related2007MA-AG$58,500,000
Aggregate Industries Northeast Region Inc.Holcim Groupbuilding materialsfraud2007USAO$50,000,000
Aggregate Industries Northeast Region, Inc.Holcim Groupbuilding materialsFalse Claims Act and related2007MA-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $50,000,000
Parsons BrinkerhoffWSP Globalconstruction and engineeringFalse Claims Act and related2008MA-AG$50,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.