Fraud Charges Against Construction Company Involve Hotel, Convention Center, Casino Projects

Projects Included the World Trade Center Towers, the Plaza Hotel Renovation, the Javits Convention Center Expansion and Renovation Project, and the Aqueduct Casino

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York filed fraud charges last week in Brooklyn federal court against Tishman Construction Corporation (“Tishman Construction”), one of the largest construction companies in New York City.

Tishman Construction is charged with mail and wire fraud conspiracy for improperly billing its clients more than $5 million over a ten-year period for hours not worked and at rates that were in excess of the agreed upon contract rate.

Department of Justice: Executive's Guilty Plea Admits Pretext of Payment to Trade Show Vendor to Misappropriate Employer's Funds

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland, announced this week that Malcomb C. Cork, age 55, of South Carolina, pleaded guilty to charges that he caused more than $187,000 to be diverted from his employer’s bank account. According to the announcement, Cork had told his company's CFO that the funds had been transferred to a trade show vendor but never produced an invoice to back up the transaction.