Company with Federal and State Contracts to Pay $390K to Resolve Allegations it Had Unqualified Employee

June 29, 2015 |  Investigations Press Release

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and George C. Jepsen, Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, today announced that GARG CONSULTING SERVICES, INC. ("GARG") has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government and the State of Connecticut in which GARG will pay $390,000 to resolve allegations that the Rocky Hill-based company failed to authenticate an employee's purported educational credentials and a professional certification before hiring and assigning him to work on various U.S. Department of Transportation-funded and state-funded highway projects, and on a bridge reconstruction project funded by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation ("Amtrak").

Tracking Number

OIG-I-2015-54