Municipal Trash Contracts, Cash and Legal Services Included

Item specifics

Condition	Guilty plea, 9 Nov 2017, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Location	Clinton Township and Macomb Township, Macomb County, Michigan, US
Seller	Two township trustees (names not published here)
Winning bidder	Chief executive of a Sterling Heights trash-hauling company
Category	Waste and utilities
Sold	2012 to 2016
Payment method	Cash and free legal services
Returns	No returns. Must forfeit $4 million; 66 months in prison

Description

What the bribe bought

The bribes helped win favourable municipal trash-hauling contracts for a Sterling Heights, Michigan trash-hauling company, including help securing a township trash-contract extension in February 2016. No dollar value is documented.

What happened

The chief executive of a Sterling Heights, Michigan trash-hauling company gave approximately $50,000 and free legal services to one township trustee between 2012 and January 2016, as reported from the plea. The plea deal also describes a $3,000 cash bribe delivered by an employee in November 2015. The case involved two township trustees in Macomb County. On 9 November 2017 the chief executive pleaded guilty in federal court and must forfeit $4 million to the government. He was later sentenced to 66 months in prison.

Read the article

Central figure in Macomb County corruption investigation pleads guilty · Michigan Public

Shipping & returns

Authority	Kind	Amount	Year
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (Judge Robert Cleland)	forfeiture	$4M≈ €3.58MAs stated in the source: must forfeit $4 million to the government	2017
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan	prison sentence	51/2 years he will serve in prison	2018