In an effort to give you a break from the negative news cycle, we want to look forward toward the future and the many possibilities it brings for professional contractors. In recent weeks, the Moving Forward Act made its way through Congress. The proposal allocates billions of dollars toward creating public infrastructure that is “smarter, safer, and made to last.”
Read MoreContractor Convicted of Cash Bribes to Mayor
Usually in public corruption investigations the contractors are the ones who corporate with the government and testify against politicians, but in this situation, it was the mayor who cooperated with prosecutors. Webb admitted he took a combined $300,000 from Tower Contracting and other contractors beginning in 2008. Webb had a shell company that he set up using his children’s name called “Kat Remodeling” to funnel in bribes, to make payments seem legitimate.
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