Four executives and a corporation were sentenced last week in the US state of Georgia for participating in a long-running conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids and allocate jobs for…

A builder in Niagara County, New York, has been sentenced to up to eight years in state prison after a three-year period in which he accepted deposits from homeowners but…

A Sydney construction boss and four others have been found guilty of a conspiracy to defraud Australia’s tax office of more than US$7.1m over two years. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation…

An Oklahoma contractor specialising in erosion control on highway projects has been charged, along with its vice president and another employee, with a price-fixing conspiracy targeting more than $100m worth…

Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after an employee of engineering consultant Arup was tricked by deepfake imagery and sound into sending criminals HK$200m (US$25m) earlier this year. Arup…

A court in Vietnam sentenced property developer Truong My Lan, 67, to death last week after a five-week trial found her guilty of embezzling more than $12.5bn from Vietnam’s largest…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has debarred contractor China Henan International Cooperation Group from bidding for projects the bank funds for a year for a fraudulent practice. China Henan failed…

Two South Carolina men have pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of executing a fraud scheme against the US. They face maximum sentences of 10 years in prison and…

Six people have been accused of running a construction safety training school in the US that issued certificates to some 20,000 students who did not undertake the 40 hours of…

Four executives in Oklahoma have pleaded guilty to rigging bids and fixing prices on more than $100m worth of public transportation infrastructure contracts in the state. Stanley Mark Smith, a…

A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the US and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). She has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison…

An Orlando businessman will serve up to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to defraud the US government of $3.5m in tax revenue. Wendel Algarin was found guilty of aiding…

Three former executives of a San Francisco planning and design firm have been charged with bribing employees of the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI). Prosecutors claim they paid…

Four people have been indicted over a $5-10m extension to a cancer centre in Florida, awarded by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A reimbursement of $4.8m is being…

France’s competition watchdog has fined six companies a total of €31m for collusive tendering connected to work on the Marcoule nuclear site near Avignon. The companies affected, all of which…

The founder of a South Carolinian construction company has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering after a six-day trial. Antoine Berenyi, 63, was the founder of Charleston-based contractor…

Six construction companies and eight individuals have been charged with fraud and corruption in the New York area following a wide-ranging investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney. The indictment charges…

A disabled veteran of the US air force has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to misappropriating donations to a private initiative to build…