In US Pact, Gilbane Settles Prepurchase DBE Fraud by Unit

摘要

Gilbane Building Co., Providence, R.I., has agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve federal false-claims allegations related to a Florida subsidiary's creation of a service-disabled front company to win a U.S. Coast Guard contract, the U.S. Justice Dept. said on March 18. But the company in a statement says there was no finding of wrongdoing by Gilbane because the alleged actions of Sarasota-based W.G. Mills Inc. occurred before its December 2010 acquisition. A Gilbane spokesman says the Mills executives connected with the alleged fraud have left the company.