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Company: Edwards & Kelcey Inc.
Current Parent Company: Jacobs Solutions
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Penalty: $1,666,667
Year: 2008
Date: January 23, 2008
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Bechtel/Parsons Brinkerhoff, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp, PB Americas and 24 section design consultants agreed to pay a total of $447 million in settlement of criminal and civil liablities in the collapse of part of the I-90 tunnel and defects in the wall of the Tip O'Neill tunnel. Bechtel was to pay $357.1 million and Parsons $50 million. The announcement did not indicate how the remaining $40 million payment would be divided among the consultants. Here we assume each paid an equal amount.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: construction and engineering
Specific Industry of Current Parent: construction & engineering
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