The president of a Puerto Rico-based engineering company has been sentenced for procurement fraud and kickbacks related to federal courthouse repairs on St. Croix, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert.
Court documents indicate that from June 2011 through June 2015, Reinaldo Cruz Taura, president of Puerto Rico-based RCT Mechanical Engineering, paid over $1.2 million in kickbacks to a senior project manager for the prime contractor on the federal building and courthouse in St. Croix and on Coast Guard facilities in Puerto Rico, according to the release.
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