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U.S. v. BG Dale Biscoe, et al.
Sioux Erosion Control, Inc., BG Dale Biscoe (part owner and Vice President), and Randall David Shelton (estimator) are charged with participating in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing prices and rigging bids for erosion control products and services, including solid slab sodding, in and around Oklahoma. The charged period begins at least as early as September 2017 and continues until as late as April 2023.
U.S. v. David A. Coppola
U.S. v. Stanley Mark Smith
U.S. v. Charles Ferrell Trimm
Charles Ferrell Trimm pleaded guilty to two counts of violating 15 U.S.C. § 1 for his role in a scheme to suppress and eliminate competition by rigging bids to obtain procurements for sports equipment and related services for schools in the Southern District of Mississippi and elsewhere. As part of these conspiracies, which began as early as August 2020 and continued until as late as February 2023, Trimm and his co-conspirators, among other things, (1) agreed in advance of some bids which co-conspirator would win the bid; (2) agreed to provide and submit complementary bids (that is, intentionally higher-priced bids) to schools; (3) requested and received complementary bids from co-conspirators, which they then submitted schools; and (4) received procurements for school sports equipment and related services where complementary bids were submitted.
Mr. Trimm also pleaded guilty to one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1349 for his role in a related scheme to commit wire fraud to obtain money from school sports procurements awarded by submitting false bids to schools in the Southern District of Mississippi and elsewhere. As part this conspiracy, which began as early as May 2016 and continued until as late as May 2023, Trimm and his co-conspirators, among other things, (1) submitted false bids on bidding forms that appeared to be from certain companies, though they were in fact not; (2) used a certain individual’s identity in furtherance of the fraudulent bid scheme, including by forging that individual’s signature on many of the false bids; (3) submitted and caused to be submitted false bids to schools in connection with requests from schools for bids for school sports equipment; and (4) subverted schools' procurement process in order to obtain payments by the submission of false, noncompetitive bids.
U.S. v. Al’s Asphalt Paving Company, Inc. and Edward D. Swanson
Al’s Asphalt Paving Company, Inc. and Edward D. Swanson pleaded guilty to two counts of entering into and engaging in a combination and conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by agreeing to rig bids for contracts to provide asphalt paving services in the State of Michigan. Count One charged a conspiracy that began at least as early as March 2013 and continued until at least as late as November 2018. Count Two charged a separate conspiracy that began at least as early as June 2013 and continued until at least as late as June 2019.
U.S. v. Asphalt Specialists LLC
U.S. v. Ike Tomlinson and Kris Bird
Following a court-authorized wiretap investigation, a federal grand jury in Boise, Idaho, returned an indictment in December 2023 charging two executives of competing companies with conspiring to rig bids and allocate territories in violation of the Sherman Act, conspiring to commit wire fraud and committing wire fraud. According to the seven-count felony indictment, Ike Tomlinson and Kris Bird’s conspiracy affected contracts for forest-firefighting services.
U.S. v. Bruce F. Israel
Bruce F. Israel pleaded guilty to two counts of entering into and engaging in a combination and conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by agreeing to rig bids for contracts to provide asphalt paving services in the State of Michigan. Count One charged a conspiracy that began at least as early as March 2013 and continued until at least as late as November 2018. Count Two charged a separate conspiracy that began at least as early as July 2017 and continued until at least as late as May 2021.
U.S. v. Ryan Ashley Sullivan
Plea Agreement (November 6, 2023)
Information (October 25, 2023)
U.S. v. Daniel L. Israel
Daniel L. Israel pleaded guilty to one count of entering into and engaging in a combination and conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by agreeing to rig bids for contracts to provide asphalt paving services in the state of Michigan. The Information charged a conspiracy that began at least as early as March 2013 and continued until at least as late as November 2018.
U.S. v. F. Allied Construction Company, Inc., et al.
F. Allied Construction Company, Inc., Andrew Foster, and Kevin Shell each pleaded guilty to two counts of entering into and engaging in a combination and conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by agreeing to rig bids for contracts to provide asphalt paving services in the state of Michigan. Count One charged a conspiracy that began at least as early as June 2013 and continued until at least as late as June 2019. Count Two charged a separate conspiracy that began at least as early as July 2017 and continued until at least as late as May 2021.
U.S. v. J & J Korea, Inc.
South Korean company J&J Korea, Inc. pleaded guilty and was sentenced for its role in a bid-rigging and fraud scheme involving repair and maintenance subcontract work at U.S military hospitals in South Korea. The subcontract work related to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contract providing for operation and maintenance support services at U.S. military facilities around the world. The contract required the prime contractor to use a competitive bidding process when awarding subcontract work under the contract. However, the defendant and its co-conspirator, another South Korean company, agreed to submit rigged bids to ensure that the defendant won most of the subcontract work in South Korea under the USACE contract.