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Company: Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp. and PB Americas Inc.
Penalty: $407,000,000
Year: 2008
Date: January 23, 2008
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: fraud
Mega-Scandal: Big Dig
Violation Description: The joint venture of Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp. and PB Americas Inc. -- the management consultant to the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (known as the Big Dig) -- agreed to pay over $407 million to resolve its criminal and civil liabilities in connection with the collapse of part of the I-90 Connector Tunnel ceiling and defects in the slurry walls of the Tip O'Neil tunnel.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-District of Massachusetts
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
Facility State: Massachusetts
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