Asbestos abatement official jailed for part in bid rigging scam.
A former head of the West Virginia Capitol’s asbestos abatement program was sentenced to a year in prison in federal court in Maryland last week.
Paul Prendergast, 47, of Gaithersburg, Md., pleaded guilty in October 2007 to violating the federal Travel Act by leaking confidential bidding information to Environmental and Demolition Services Inc. in Maryland.
The firm, which used other firms’ bid information to undercut its competitors and win multiple bids, rewarded Prendergast with thousands of dollars in kickbacks and a high-paid position with an associated company after he left West Virginia.
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