The Barletta Heavy Division former manager was sentenced for misleading officials about the source and quality of fill used on the $410 million Route 6/10 interchange
project.
James Cahill will serve 51 months in a New York medium-security federal prison for accepting more than $140,000 in cash plus other benefits to help a non-union contractor win jobs.
The "right-to-control theory" used by federal prosecutors "cannot form the basis for a conviction under federal fraud statutes,” Justice Clarence Thomas said in the unanimous opinion, with the high court also ruling on disputes related to the controversial Mountain Valley gas pipeline and to state mandates affecting interstate commerce.
Four former ComEd executives, consultants and lobbyists were found guilty of bribery and conspiracy in a scheme to influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Lohrasb “Jeff” Jafari, the former executive vice president of now dissolved PRAD Group, pleaded guilty to three counts after being accused of bribing Atlanta officials.