Government,
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Feb. 10, 2023
San Mateo County college district says contractors took bribes
The community college district accused the defendants of fraudulently using the more than $1 billion of public bond money to rig bids for capital improvement projects to architects and contractors in favor of companies that provided illegal, unreported gifts to high-level district officials.
The San Mateo County Community College District sued district contractors and unidentified co-conspirators Wednesday, saying they took part in a massive quid pro quo scheme, in which bribes and kickbacks were allegedly offered in exchange for construction contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars taken from taxpayer-approved bonds.
One of the defendants, McCarthy Building Companies Inc. “is committed to conducting all business with ...
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