People v. Denise Arboleda, New York
In the course of a bid-rigging investigation, Denise Arboledo withheld documents relevant to the investigation from the attorney general’s office. This is a misdemeanor violation of New York State General Business Law sec. 343.
New Jersey v. Capozzoli
Three defendants pleaded guilty in connection with $24,360 worth of contracts for computer services let by the Oakland, Lincoln Park and Haledon police departments. The three defendants were required to enter into consent agreements filed with the court
barring them for three years from doing business, either personally or through any business entity, with any public agency or government in New Jersey. The three men are responsible, jointly and severally, for paying $24,360 to the Attorney General’s Anti-Trust Revolving Fund for anti-trust enforcement efforts. All three are responsible, jointly and severally, for paying $18,960, and Meich and Romano are responsible for paying an additional $5,400. In pleading guilty, the three men admitted that they fabricated bids, purportedly from
competing companies, on public contracts for computer hardware, software and services for
the three police departments.
New Jersey v. Romano
Three defendants pleaded guilty in connection with $24,360 worth of contracts for computer services let by the Oakland, Lincoln Park and Haledon police departments. The three defendants were required to enter into consent agreements filed with the court
barring them for three years from doing business, either personally or through any business entity, with any public agency or government in New Jersey. The three men are responsible, jointly and severally, for paying $24,360 to the Attorney General’s Anti-Trust Revolving Fund for anti-trust enforcement efforts. All three are responsible, jointly and severally, for paying $18,960, and Meich and Romano are responsible for paying an additional $5,400. In pleading guilty, the three men admitted that they fabricated bids, purportedly from
competing companies, on public contracts for computer hardware, software and services for
the three police departments. In addition to submitting bids from his own company, Romano admitted to submitting
additional false bids on all three contracts in the name of a third company without that
company’s knowledge or authorization.
New Jersey v. Meich
Three men pleaded guilty to rigging bids in connection with $24,360 worth of contracts awarded to Sparctech Solutions by the Oakland, Lincoln Park and Haledon police departments. The three submitted bids that would allow Sparctech to be the lowest bidder.
In the Matter of the Investigation of Compulink Technologies, Inc.Assurance No. 17-137 (July 28, 2017)
Defendants are providers of GovDelivery, a cloud-based digital communications solution. New York State government entities issued RFPs seeking bids for GovDelivery solutions. Compulink submitted bids. In order to provide the necessary number of bids for the procurement process in New York, Compulink arranged for Milenio, run by the wife of Compulink’s owner, and another bidder to submit bids at a higher price than Compulink’s. Compulink was awarded contracts as a result fo these sham bids. Although the bids were rigged, the investigation determined that the sham bids were submitted to satisfy the requirements for an expedited procurement process, rather than to secure higher prices. The parties agreed not to communicate with others concerning bids, not to hold themselves out as separate entities, and allow the AG to monitor their future conduct. They also paid $75,000 in civil penalties..Denise Arboleda, President of Milenio Technology, also pled guilty to failure to obey the command of a subpoena.
Florida v. International Business Machines Corporation, Cunningham-Woods, Inc., and Anthony Panariello
As part of a negotiated settlement, the State of Florida sought civil damages, alleging that International Business Machines Corporations (IBM) conspired with Cunningham-Woods and Anthony Panariello to rig the bid for a Liebert Frequency Converter purchased by the Broward County School Board, thus restraining competition for computer services.
