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US DOJ announces second guilty plea in bid-rigging for California Transportation Department repair contracts

( October 3, 2022, 23:37 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice's antitrust division said a former construction contractor pleaded guilty to participating in a bid-rigging and bribery scheme involving California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) improvement and repair contracts. According to a plea agreement filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento, William D. Opp engaged in a conspiracy, from early 2015 through at least as late as August 2018, to thwart the competitive bidding process for Caltrans contracts. He's the second person to plead guilty in the scheme, a DOJ statement said.Statement follows...

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