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Alabama Construction Company to Pay $1.5 Million for Government Contract Fraud

March 29, 2013

The Department of Justice announced on Monday that Alabama construction company Caddell Construction has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that it filed false claims federal government in connection with construction contracts with the Army Corps of Engineers. Two Caddell executives—the former president and director of business development—are facing federal criminal ch…

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Lacey Act Indictments Continue to Increase in Federal Court

March 19, 2013

Last week, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of eight men from across the U.S. on charges of violations of the Lacey Act, a federal law that prohibits the trade in protected animal and plant species. The government claims in four separate indictments that the defendants— Petr Babenko, Felix Baravik, Dmitri Elitchev, Arkadiy Lvovskiy, […]