Pennsylvania Contractor Pleads Guilty to Participating in Fraud Conspiracy at New York Presbyteria...(ociates Inc. -- pleaded guilty to conspi...),Health

Date:4/11/2008

ociates Inc. -- pleaded guilty to conspiring to rig bids on the supply of maintenance and insulation services to NYPH and Mount Sinai Medical Center (Mount Sinai). In addition, Michael Vignola and Mister AC Ltd. pleaded guilty in November 2007, to conspiring to rig bids on HVAC services provided to NYPH. Vignola also pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud NYPH that included paying kickbacks to the same former senior purchasing official at NYPH.

Today's charge arose from an ongoing federal antitrust investigation of bid rigging, bribery, fraud and tax offenses relating to contracts administered by the Facilities Operations Department and Engineering Department at NYPH and in the Engineering Department at Mount Sinai. The investigation is being conducted by the Antitrust Division's New York Field Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation's New York Field Office.

Anyone with information concerning bid rigging, bribery, tax offenses or fraud relating to contracts administered by the Facilities Operations Department and Engineering Department at NYPH or in the Engineering Department at Mount Sinai should contact the New York Field Office of the Antitrust Division at 212-264-9308 or the New York Office of the FBI at 212-384-4467.

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