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Company: Parsons Brinkerhoff
Current Parent Company: WSP Global
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Penalty: $50,000,000
Year: 2008
Date: January 23, 2008
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Big Dig
Violation Description: Bechtel/Parsons Brinkerhoff, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp, PB Americas and 24 section design consultants agreed to pay a total of $447 million in settlement of criminal and civil liablities in the collapse of part of the I-90 tunnel and defects in the wall of the Tip O'Neill tunnel. Bechtel was to pay $357.1 million and Parsons $50 million, with the remainder to be paid by the consultants.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
HQ Country of Current Parent: Canada
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: construction and engineering
Specific Industry of Current Parent: construction & engineering
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